I think this week would be called writer’s block if I didn’t have a routine. I’ve been feeling bulldozed! All my plans are shifting without my permission, and it’s all going to work out, maybe even better than I planned, but still. My workout schedule is completely non-existent. The one thing standing strong is thatContinue reading “Let it do what it does.”
Category Archives: on writing
Solitude
Time is essential to my being able to feel creative. And time is also a teacher. If I have time to let something sit, that’s the best way for me to see it. – Jennifer Habel Ok, I have officially reached a weak spot, and I’m so up for the challenge. I’m quite the dabbler;Continue reading “Solitude”
Stay Tuned
“You can fix anything but a blank page.” – Nora Roberts I’ve been staring at this blank page for an hour now. But as you can see, the page being blank is now in the past. I’m doing a lot of dreaming, but yesterday I couldn’t hold back and wrote a new short story. IContinue reading “Stay Tuned”
Writing is…
“By the time I am nearing the end of a story, the first part will have been reread and altered and corrected at least one hundred and fifty times. I am suspicious of both facility and speed. Good writing is essentially rewriting. I am positive of this.” – Roald Dahl This. To hear one ofContinue reading “Writing is…”
The Power of Observation
“If a writer stops observing he is finished. Experience is communicated by small details intimately observed.” – Ernest Hemingway When it comes to writing, it’s interesting how we can connect the dots in a story from the details given rather than being outright told things all the time. There’s one quote by Richard Price thatContinue reading “The Power of Observation”
Notes from the Experiment
“I want to write the book that breaks rules just enough to let something holy slip through.” -Jayne.Press I know what I wanted when I started this novel. I wanted an experimental fiction novel that not only allows me to express myself. I wanted it to get under people’s skin (just a little bit). ButContinue reading “Notes from the Experiment”
Fills My Soul
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.” -Stella Adler It’s interesting; I’ve remained disciplined in my writing, but it just feels like I’ve lost touch with my passion over the last couple of years. I’ve learned to appreciate the beauty in my daily tasks, so I haveContinue reading “Fills My Soul”
A Writer’s Truth
“Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him toContinue reading “A Writer’s Truth”
Writing Rules I Live By
“I have advice for people who want to write. I don’t care whether they’re 5 or 500. There are three things that are important: First, if you want to write, you need to keep an honest, unpublishable journal that nobody reads, nobody but you. Where you just put down what you think about life, whatContinue reading “Writing Rules I Live By”
A New Journal
“Isn’t it mysterious to begin a new journal like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot guess what the writing on them will be.” – Maud Hart Lovelace It’s interesting, I just wrote about how it feels to think up the first few words when you start aContinue reading “A New Journal”
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