You need one item. Mine is 5 inches by 8 inches with narrowly spaced graph paper and a red cover that gets creased from being folded back. You need two items, actually, because something to write with is essential. A little reading journal and a pen. Or pencil. The next time you begin a book [...]
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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Jun 21
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Writing What You Know
You’ve heard the advice before. You probably don’t want to hear it again, but guess what? I don’t really care. I’m here to tell you what I know to be true, what I think will most help you to succeed as a writer. So the advice so oft repeated it’s become a cliché is still [...]
Jun 18
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Overcoming Writer’s Block
So you sit down to write and you have no idea what to do. The page stares at you. Your mind races, then goes blank. You can’t think of a single story that seems worth writing about, or even a single story at all. You can’t remember what you wanted to say. You feel insignificant. [...]
Jun 16
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The Writing Process
1. Collecting = ideas/stories Ideas and stories are everywhere. Your job as the writer is to be observant. To notice. To watch. To see. To take note. To make notes. To listen. Assumptions are the writer’s worst enemy. Assumptions make you think you already know the story, you’ve already heard the idea. NEVER ASSUME. My [...]
Jun 14
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Foundations of Writing
1. Storytelling All writing is the telling of a story. Some stories are boring. Some writers are good enough to make even the boring stories interesting. Find the story in what you are writing and bring it to life. A story can be simple, deceptively simple: a student graduates; a couple divorces; a teenager wrecks [...]
Jun 11
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How To Be a Writer
1.Write daily, every day for a specified amount of time. You must establish in your mind as an unalterable truth that a writer writes. A writer writes. A writer who does not write will stagnate and implode and get cranky and possibly turn to drugs. I’m telling you, it is dangerous to ignore the need [...]
