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• Pouncing like a cat

  
  Jo Treggiari/Feltus Ovalton blog — Authority: 94
  The appropriately-named YA author Cat Clarke recently tweeted about how she works on her WIP by circumnavigating it via Twitter Facebook, Internet surfing before sort of accidentally falling into her word doc and being pleasantly surprised that it exists. Naturally I tweeted her back because this is also my METHOD, ...
  5 days ago

• Radio drama and the process of commisssioning

  
  FictionBitch — Authority: 94
  My latest post on The View From Here concerns the issue of commissioning, in particular radio drama commissioning. At the same time a Guardian piece by David Edgar considers the current state of radio drama and also touches on the effects of the current commissioning system.
  5 days ago

• let it spill

  
  Karleen Koen - Writing Life — Authority: 92
  Thoughts from the week………………………… First, a poem leaps out at me as I resume the habit of reading poetry daily: My Cup by Robert Friend They tell me I am going to die. Why don’t I seem to care? My cup is full. Let it spill. Brave, bold words which strike hard at the me who has no ...
  1 week ago

• On Writing: What Are We Good At? What Can We Improve?

  
  Magical Words — Authority: 527
  In recent weeks, we’ve spent a good deal of time here at MW talking about the things a writer needs to do well.  Last week, I wrote about different types of ambition .  A.J. discussed the ways in which arrogance can feed creativity .  Kalayna has posted recently about inspiration and motivation .  I’d ...
  1 week ago

• Uncorrected Proofs, Living with ARCs: One Author’s Perspective

  
  James Preller's Blog — Authority: 101
  I’ve never been comfortable when people describe themselves as “perfectionists.” Especially coming from writers. It implies that, somewhere down the line, they actually do get it “perfect.” We don’t, not ever. But many of us — though not all — try our best. And often, our best takes time. Part of the ...
  1 week ago

• Ten Article Writing Tips to Help You Succeed

  
  Inspired to Write — Authority: 97
  When writing motivation is not there, writing articles can sometimes be a laborious task you avoid. If inspiration has not pulled up next to you as you sit down and write, facing a blank screen seems like a chore. When you are a web owner or a freelance writer, creating web content is going to be a part of your ...
  1 week ago

• Stop Thinking: 3 Simple Steps to Writing Anything You Choose

  
  Angela Booth's Fab Freelance Writing Blog — Authority: 110
  Are you thinking too much? When my sons were tiny, I said that I’d have “Go and wash your hands!” as my epitaph. These days I spend a lot of time coaching writers, so I’m choosing: “You’re over-thinking this” as … Continue reading →
  1 week ago

• Writing the hard book

  
  Jo Treggiari/Feltus Ovalton blog — Authority: 94
  Sixteen years ago, my best friend committed suicide. She hung herself in her mother’s garage. It was many years before I could speak it out loud without having a panic attack. May 29, 1995. Memorial Day in fact. Although I didn’t need help memorializing the date. It was carved into my heart. It was 2:33 pm ...
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• [letters] The MFA in hard times: a good investment?

  
  Writer's Rainbow — Authority: 103
  Recently I received this email inquiry and thought I would share it with all of you because I think it speaks to a common concern among writers. The writer of the email has extended me permission to reprint it here. Dear Ms. Sellman, I apologize for the unsolicited email, but I just read your 2007 article on how ...
  1 week ago

• [links] Link salad is wet and chilly

  
  Lakeshore — Authority: 470
  The Drudge and the Architect — superversive on the distinction between hard work and working harder, as applied to writing. Fifty Pens Are Better Than One — mrockwell talks about writers and cancer. (And mentions me briefly.) What would Jesús do? — Language Log on, among other things, ...
  1 week ago

• How My Environment Drove Me to Insanity

  
  Proxart — Authority: 108
  Last summer, I contacted the fine folks at Proxart to see if I could begin submitting work every now and then. I used to write often and had grown busy with music, but this seemed like a pretty great way to get back into the practice of the written work. We decided my first piece should be an opinion piece, and I was ...
  1 week ago

• I Started A New Book

  
  A Christian Worldview of Fiction — Authority: 409
  One possible image of Jim Thompson, protagonist of The Lore Of Efrathah I’m not reading a new book. I’m writing a new book. This may not be a big deal to lots of writers, but it is to me. I’ve been working on The Lore Of Efrathah, the four book epic fantasy story of Jim Thompson and his journey … well, ...
  1 week ago

• “Poetry Means You’re Writing About the World”: An Interview with Anne Winters

  
  thethe poetry blog — Authority: 449
  On a recent gloriously sunny afternoon, I had the privilege of sitting down to talk over lunch with the poet Anne Winters, author of two critically acclaimed volumes of poetry and several translations.  I was introduced to Ms. Winters’ work in graduate school and, ever since, have been an ardent admirer of her ...
  2 weeks ago

• Its a wonder we made it to adulthood

  
  STORYPOT — Authority: 102
  Happy Monday to you all. Things are looking up in my corner of the world: Mma looks and sounds better, though shes still in the hospital. Spent a lot of time with my siblings and we had a good time, despite the circumstances of our getting together. We were roudy, updating each other on our lives, debating politics, ...
  2 weeks ago

• The two easiest ways to write books yet

  
  Under My Hat — Authority: 95
  http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/24300/24305/snowflakes_24305.htm For a while now, Ive been a believer in the  Snowflake Method . It was invented by Randy Ingermanson as a way to build your novel in a structured, yet streamlined way, and it does just that. I came late to it, as my novel had started off as a short ...
  2 weeks ago

• Starting the New Year in Baba Yagas Forest

  
  In the Labyrinth — Authority: 89
  I know...I know...its been a while since my last post and it looks as if my Christmas holiday will never end. It was an amazing and terrific time. So getting back to work was much harder than I anticipated. But...
  2 weeks ago

• Done. But is it Literature?

  
  Bona Libro — Authority: 100
  I feel like I’ve finally finished my novel,  Banana Republican Blues . The aim was always to write a farce that would pass as Literature. I’ve been working on it intensively the past several months, cutting out lots of stuff, refining and tweeking other stuff, adding more character and plot development, some ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Secret and Complete Guide to Writing a Fantasy Adventure Short Story that Evokes Wonder

  
  Novums — Authority: 115
  I have some extra time this morning. And so I thought I’d write something with a little heft to it. Having recently done some film reviews, I thought I would do something practical, a real “nuts and bolts” account of how to write a fantasy adventure story, a really fun genre.  I can’t promise the process I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Comments Please.

  
  Bona Libro — Authority: 100
  Here is a paragraph I recently wrote into my novel. What say you all? Is it a darling that needs to be killed, or kept? In the darkest part of his heart he knew it would tell her nothing necessary and was, in short, the typical screed of a narcissistic VIP. It rationalized his own decisions prior to the crisis and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Welcome to Notte Oscura

  
  Tracey H. Kitts Blog — Authority: 103
  One of the most fun parts of writing Frank and The Werewolf Tamer was coming up with the idea for the theme park Notte Oscura . I knew the type of atmosphere I wanted to create, but I didnt want it to be a circus. Not exactly anyway. So, I asked myself, "What would be the ideal place for vampires, werewolves ...
  2 weeks ago

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