In my personal experience, twenty-something aspiring writers are good at a few things -- avoiding phone conversations, Call of Duty, and making excuses to not write. I’ve heard some pretty hilarious excuses lately, and I feel the need to address them. Excuse #1: “All the authors I admire were really old when their books got … Continue reading Excuses, Excuses
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New Year, New Habits
Like everyone else on the planet, I’ve been looking back on the past year. As a writer, I don’t really need the New Year in order to evaluate myself. I have daily resolutions to write more, and I look back on my progress all the time. But the New Year offers that fabulous blank slate. And writers … Continue reading New Year, New Habits
QOTD
"Be willing to write really badly. It won’t hurt you to do that. I think there is this fear of writing badly, something primal about it, like: 'This bad stuff is coming out of me…' Forget it! Let it float away and the good stuff follows. For me, the bad beginning is just something to … Continue reading QOTD
There Are Voices In My Head
“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.” E.L. Doctorow Maybe it’s because I just finished binge watching United States of Tara on Netflix (highly recommended), but I’ve been thinking about voices in my head. Specifically, when I write. A couple of voices talk to me when I am working on a script. Some good, … Continue reading There Are Voices In My Head
Share The Space
One of our memberships was created with people like me in mind - the struggling writer, recent grad, nervous to check balance in bank account type. But this membership isn’t taken advantage of nearly as much as some of the others. Possibly, I thought, people just don't know that it's an option. We offer the … Continue reading Share The Space
QOTD
"I don't really plan it out for the characters to have these really raw human experiences, but I think inevitably it ends up that way. In the story I want to tell, the characters end up being probably embarrassed frequently or they're in awkward situations just like in real life. I always have a desire to show people … Continue reading QOTD
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