Feel Embarrassed About Writing?
Saw this quote and it made me chuckle. Sometimes it does feel that this is a practice that is very self-serving, much like some other things we do in private .. like closet drinking or sneak eating 🙂
Month: December 2013
Why Writing Is The Easy Part!
As writers we agonise over our plot, our charaters, whether we’ve got the right dialogue, if we’re consistent in our timeline, and much much more. We think writing is difficult. And it is. And this is why it’s not: If we want to be published, there’s so much more to do and the true writer … Read more
How To Keep Writing
It happens to the best of us. We burst headlong into a new project idea full of excitement, anticipation, hope. And then the nagging thoughts start to creep in. “What if I can’t do this?” “What if it’s no good?” “What if I got the plot wrong?” “This is sounding really boring” “Who would want … Read more
How To Write A Short Story
Came across this little video – well, it’s an hour long actually – but it seems to have a decent approach to writing. Note – this is not a quick and dirty cheat-sheet. Andrew goes through in a structured and thorough way. He claims to write a short story each week so he has some … Read more
What Makes You Write?
Hard to believe, I know, but not everyone feels compelled to write. Yeah. I don’t get that either. Still, each to their own. For those who do have an insatiable and unstoppable urge to write, the question becomes … why? I was fortunate enough to hear a few authors talking about their journey to being … Read more