Archive for March, 2009
Here are the best tips on how not to write;
Check email…a lot. Don’t just check it once, you should check email every so often just in case someone sent you a forwarded funny. Its not like those email alerts can tell you when. Check for yourself. Spam and those forwarded jokes may delete themselves later [...]
“Do you like it? Do you need it? Does it make you money?” These words still echo a deep resonance for me after my niece explained how she’s been cleaning her house and getting rid of clutter. She referred to the piles of junk that had no rhyme or reason. She systematically asked her step-father [...]
Most groups include some form of stereotype, and writers are no different. You think writer; an image pops up, so I decided to go over some of the most common stereotypes.
Writers love coffee. This stereotype arises from the need to have a sharp mind. Oddly enough, most writers I know don’t drink coffee at all. [...]
Here lately, I’ve been having so many issues with organizing plots for the fictional novel I’m working on. I admit to often over-thinking things, but so desperate to find some help, I ended up having this as the topic of discussion for my writer’s group. In short, I wanted to know what other writers did [...]
One of the things about Western Maryland is how anything worthwhile seems to happen to the busy part of the state; namely Baltimore and Washington D.C. So when I looked to find a writer’s group, the only one at the time comprised of already published authors. I hadn’t published a thing so that left me [...]
One aspect of writing that lends to low production of words is the simple fact of fear for me. Fear of rejection, fear of failure, and fear of making mistakes collide into a mass of anxiety that leaves me staring at a blank screen (or piece of paper). Its frustrating to say the least.
Other causes [...]
What I mean by support isn’t the monetary support but the emotional support friends and family provide. My writing group found it odd that my husband doesn’t read my work. I thought so too. You’d think just out of curiosity he’d occasional read something. If only to see what its about and what sort of [...]
I’ve read a number of articles and blogs that give excellent advice on the rules of writing. For every rule, however, you can find samples of published material that broke them. It reminds me of that quote from the Pirates of the Caribbean, the quote about parlay “the code is more what you’d call “guidelines” [...]
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