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First Post of the New Year
If you write enough, it will eventually become a story. It might not seem like it, but it basically comes down to writing as many words as it takes to get something worthwhile. While there’s no doubt that practice makes it easier, and that good feedback helps speed up the process considerably, there’s nothing that [...]
Posted in Blog, Writing Also tagged Accomplishment, Devotion, Fiction Writer, Glamor, Illusion, Magical Gift, Misconceptions, New Year, No Doubt, Struggle, Stuff, Writing Fiction 5 Comments
Ask a Smart Guy
Time for another Q and A with a semi-famous, mostly obscure novelologist. @_Mech_ asks “When you have writer’s block, what is your cure?” A very common question. I’d love to be able to give you an easy answer, so I will. Writer’s block doesn’t exist. It is a boogie man created by people who [...]
Posted in Blog Also tagged Blind Person, Boogie Man, Conduits, Creative Energies, Creativity, False Notion, Frustration, Guy Time, Illusion, Inspiration, Job, Love, Nba All Star, Photographer, Smart Guy, Strokes, Truth 2 Comments
On Writing: Keep It Simple
The best advice I can give on writing: Keep it simple. You don’t often hear this. I don’t know why. Maybe because if people knew how easy it was to write a story, they’d stop paying professional novelologist to do it and just do it themselves. Although perhaps easy is the wrong word because novelology [...]
Posted in Blog, Writing Also tagged Arcs, Aspirin, Bad Advice, Character Studies, Cleaning Supplies, Creative Process, Hardest Thing, How To Write Books, Illusion, Indefinable Quality, Lunch Break, Optimal Time, Outlines, Paper Towels, Personal Experience, Short Story, Well Meaning, Writing A Novel, Writing Advice 4 Comments
Q&A Thursday