Honor Yourself as a Writer
You are a writer. That’s great! Does anybody else know? Are you proud to be a writer? Do you honor yourself as a writer? What’s that?
If you do not honor yourself as a writer and respect your craft, no one else will, either. Here are simple lists of things you can do to honor this [...]
Details: How Much Do You Know?
Historical writing requires research if you wish to maintain some level of accuracy. Fantasy writing often takes place in a setting similar to medieval Europe, and the research you do can enhance the tidbits you give your readers. Writing a piece set in any age in the past might require a little research. Writing a [...]
Settings: The Big Picture
Continuing the series of using images to provide detail for your writing, we’ll look at settings today. As a reminder, these are absolutely not necessary, but can be helpful in keeping things straight in your mind or providing those unconscious details that enrich your prose.
Where do your characters hang out? Do you have a good [...]
Possibilities
I’m home on medical for three days. Can you say writer’s dream come true? When I’m well enough, I’m at the keyboard. When I need to lay down, I have pen and paper or the laptop. As soon as I woke up yesterday, I made a list of all my WiPs and the tantalizing stories [...]
Another’s Success, Not Your Failure
Let’s talk about the ugly side of writing success and the hope we all have for it. There are emotions we don’t want to feel, know we should not give into, and to which most of us fall prey regardless. Do these sound familiar? Competition, jealousy, envy, superiority, fear, insecurity, ego, bitterness, resignation…the list goes [...]
