The act of writing, of telling the tale, is also the act of laying traps. And it is in these traps that we capture our muses. In other words, we capture them, they don’t capture us. ~ Chuck Wendig Advertisements
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Trap Your Writing Muse
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Posted in Quotes
Posted in Quotes
2018 Wednesday on the Web #2
I continue my hopeless obsession with filling a bottomless bag of online treasure. Here I’ve rediscovered the best of these articles/tidbits and share them in this second of my fifth-Wednesday posts for 2018. ■ For Writers Best-Sellers Initially Rejected “What [successful…
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Posted in Coolness from the Web
Posted in Coolness from the Web
First Draft Writing Rules from Copyblogger
In Demian Farnworth’s post, “10 Rules for Writing First Drafts [Poster],” he mentions this quote by Kurt Vonnegut: When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth. If an author like Vonnegut felt that way,…
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Posted in Writing Advice
Posted in Writing Advice
Five Poisons That Paralyze Your Writing (and Their Antidotes)
Bill O’Hanlon has authored or co-authored 30+ books including Write is a Verb: Sit Down, Start Writing, No Excuses. Not only is he a prolific nonfiction writer, he’s an entertaining speaker who motivates his audience to follow their dreams. In the…
