Writers often slam into a story wall. Sometimes they find a way to scale it and continue to run and dodge through the rest of the obstacle course to reach “The End.” But sometimes, instead of a wall standing in…
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10 Tips to Conquer a Writing Block Mountain
Tagged with: writer's block, writing blocks, writing encouragement, writing truths
Posted in Writing Advice
Posted in Writing Advice
Obstacles
As someone who’s easily distracted, I understand the need to stay focused on what’s important (and to remind myself of that truth). A companion of that need is remembering to remind myself. Like so many others at this time of…
Tagged with: goal setting, Hannah More quote, inner writing life, Jack Bickham quote, quotes to stay focused, writing encouragement, writing quotes, writing truths
Posted in Quotes
Posted in Quotes
2018 Wednesday on the Web #4
Here’s the fourth (and last) of my fifth Wednesday posts for 2018. Alas, my bottomless bag of online treasure continues to fill despite my efforts to pluck and share. ■ For Writers Shakespeare Insult Kit Chris Seidel presents a list…
K.M. Weiland’s Writing Manifesto
While I’m working to complete a writing project this week and enjoying the last of a string of family visits, I wanted to share K.M. Weiland’s Writing Manifesto. One of these days I’ll create my own and follow her advice:…
Tagged with: K.M. Weiland quote, writing advice, writing encouragement, writing truths
Posted in The Writing Life
Posted in The Writing Life
2018 Wednesday on the Web #3
Here’s the next of my fifth-Wednesday posts in which I share a few finds from my magical (ever-filling) bag of online treasure. As this has been an especially busy week running into a long holiday weekend, please ignore the fact…
Tagged with: editing checklist, famous writers' doubts, famous writers' fears, Jerry Jenkins advice, Julie Glover quote, Nathan Scalia, New Zealand Safety Video, online treasure, Starship Enterprise Ring, understanding lasers, understanding the vacuum of space, when you think your writing sucks, writing encouragement
Posted in Coolness from the Web
Posted in Coolness from the Web
The Only Writing Advice That Matters
The only piece of writing advice that really matters is to keep going. Getting caught up in the idea that every book you write has to be published is the surest way to make sure you don’t keep going. ~…
Tagged with: Shaunta Grimes quote, writing advice, writing encouragement, writing quotes, writing truths
Posted in Quotes
Posted in Quotes
Trap Your Writing Muse
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
Tagged with: Chuck Wendig quote, myths of the writing muse, the writing muse, writing encouragement, writing quotes, writing truths
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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…
Tagged with: apps for walking in space, apps of the moon, apps of the solar system, apps recreate moon landing, apps showing exoplanets, apps that simulate outer space, artrist James Hance, Author Allison Reid, best-selling writers rejected, edible cookie dough, medieval research, overused words and phrases, scale of the universe, spacewalk, Star Wars and Winnie the Pooh characters, turbp incabulator, view of earth from satellites, visualize orbital objects, world map from ISS, writing encouragement
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,…
Tagged with: Copyblogger, Kurt Vonnegut quote, writing encouragement, writing truths
Posted in Writing Advice
Posted in Writing Advice
