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Tag Archives: Aspiring Writer
Chasing “The Writer”
I get that Stephen King is very, very, very successful. I get that any writer, myself included, would be lucky to achieve that level of success and influence. I even get that, if you’re going to learn how to be a successful writer, you could do a lot worse than emulate King. This is a [...]
Posted in Blog, Writing Also tagged Archetype, Archetypical, Bad Idea, Commercial Success, Dangerous Game, Heartbreak, Odds, Personal Hero, Personal Writer, Stephen King 6 Comments
Almost Famous
Everything good about modern action adventure cartoons can be traced directly to Batman: The Animated Series. There’s no arguing that, so don’t even bother. But that’s not what I’m really here to post about. The DFWWW had our annual conference this year. This was the third year, and it was a smashing success. A lot [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Acknowledgement, Action Adventure, Almost Famous, Aspiring Writers, Batman, Batman The Animated Series, Drive And Desire, Good Fight, Notion, Role Model, Smashing Success, Span, Thirst For Knowledge 4 Comments
Ask a Smart Guy: The Novelology Marathon
Hello, hello. What’s this? Two blog posts in one week? Well, why the heck not? It’s time for our infrequent and irregular Ask A Smart Guy segment. Let’s start with this comment someone recently posted on the site. I have been an aspiring writer for five++ years, and still cannot find a method that works [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Athlete, Blank Page, Damn Thing, Discover, Endurance, Heck, Inner Turmoil, Introductions, Lot One, Manuscript, Marathon, Novella, Novels, Segment, Short Story, Smart Guy, Story Idea, Torrent, Writing A Novel 3 Comments
The Continuity Trap