Writing Anyway
My Achilles heel of writing is something I will come to terms with. Perhaps it’s the last hurdle to a completed work that bothers me; you know, the old “no one can reject it if I don’t finish it” problem. Perhaps I’m just too close to my own stuff. Editing is simply part of the [...]
Going to Great Lengths
My ingenuity never ceases to amaze me.
I’ve heard of writers who procrastinate during the writing phase. They have the cleanest houses or best kept yards in their counties. They have beat every video game in their possession.
I don’t procrastinate during the writing phase. I love that phase. I can work tirelessly during the creative process.
Editing [...]
Need More Cowbell
So I’m sitting here feeling out of sorts with my WiP. Is it exciting enough? Does it make a reader want to turn the pages? Are there any scenes that make me laugh or read faster the way The Bloggess does when she really gets going (and I’m all yeah I don’t know either). Is [...]
Creative Momentum
I’ve never kept it a secret. I like edits the least when it comes to the writing process. I’m always tempted to do them as I go or to jump into them too soon. Maybe I think that will combat the fact that I feel inadequate to the task every time I sit down to [...]
When Characters and Writers Dream
I have it on good authority (several writing books, an agent blog or two, etc) that starting a story having the character wake up from a dream has been done to death (and so they please ask us to refrain). We mostly self-educated writers look to these authorities for guidelines. Are they just guidelines or [...]
