Okay, so today is November 1st, and my wife probably thinks that I’m already hard at work on my NaNoWriMo novel as I sit here clicking and clacking away at the keys of my computer, but I’m really just writing a blog post for my site to let everyone know that YES, I’m doing […]
The sounds of typing fills the air
As you probably no doubt remember, we’re participating in NaNoWriMo this year. As I sit here, we’re a full one-third of the way into the NaNo season, and things are very interesting. As you can see by my stats, I’m actually doing very well this year – far and away better than the last time […]
Nan Oh Rhyme Oh
It’s that time of year, again. The fall leaves changing, the air is getting colder (I think I covered most of this in my last post). But most of all, we’re quickly approaching November. And that means: NaNoWriMo. For those unfamiliar, NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. The time of year where thousands of people […]
‘Write what you know’ will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect. That is the only way out of the dead end of the Serious Novel which so many ambitious people want to write and no one on earth […]
Why did I just decide to change the gender of my main character halfway through chapter 8? Does it possibly have something to do with the female empowerment article I read earlier today? At least my son was cool with it. And it actually works to enhance the main point of conflict in interesting ways. […]
A quick short story excerpt
I haven’t worked on any fiction in a very long while, and it’s been eating away at me quite a bit. Tonight I cracked open a short story I had been cranking out last month. A small chunk of it delighted me greatly and I thought I’d share a short excerpt, just because: ”Can I […]
Terribly good advice from the terrible mind of Chuck Wendig
If you have a notion to be a writer and you’re not reading Chuck Wendig’s blog, TERRIBLE MINDS, you are completely missing out on some excellent free advice on storytelling, story construction, audience manipulation, and general writerly need-to-know’s.Case in point: today’s post on 25 things you should know about creating mystery. Genius stuff, friends. Hilarious, […]
I tell aspiring writers that they should write. It’s the only real advice I have. If you think you have talent, then write. You’ll find out if you’re any good. And you’ll also find out that it takes a lot more than just talent to be a writer. You have to be willing to write […]
Writing out chapter three of my novel longhand. Which is not ideal, because A) my handwriting is terrible, and B) my hand cramps up something fierce after only a few minutes of writing. But it’s marginally better than writing on my computer, which usually consists of roughly 2% writing, and 98% surfing Facebook and Tumblr. […]
ON WRITER’S BLOCK
neil-gaiman: I’ve seem to be hitting writer’s block far too often now. My grade in my creative writing class is suffering because i don’t turn in anything because i’m never really satisfied with anything i do. all my good ideas seem to turn into bad ones once i write it down. How do you get […]