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…
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Posted in Quotes
Defend Your Inner Writing Life
A writing life and a writing career are two separate things, and it’s crucial to keep the first. The single essential survival skill for anybody interested in creating art is to learn to defend this inner life from the world.…
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:…
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Posted in The Writing Life
Posted in The Writing Life
Are You a Guardian of the Dream?
Novelists think differently from other writers. We set out to create and sustain a fictitious dream for our reader… As a novelist, you are guardian of the dream. ~ Jerry Jenkins
Tagged with: Jerry Jenkins quote, quotes for writers, why write, writer's responsibility, writing quotes, writing truths
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Posted in Quotes
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
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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
Looking at Creativity the Write Way
I recently had a conversation with a friend who was upset by the snobbery she read about between creatives, specifically literary writers versus romance writers. (If it comes to fisticuffs, I’ll put my money on romance writers any day.) Setting…
Tagged with: creatives vs "ordinary" people, creativity, creativity vs. creative expression, writing truths
Posted in Musings
Posted in Musings
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…
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