Tag Archive | writer’s block
#MondayBlogs: Inner Dragons
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Intro: Mondays are easily becoming one of my favorite days of the week – all because of the guest bloggers right here during #MondayBlogs! Today’s post is brought to you by one of my top commenters last year – Deby Fredericks – and she is writing about writers and…
A Little Inspiration from King Solomon
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
Every Wednesday night I take my three teens and one elementary child to church. The little one goes to AWANA clubs while my older three go to youth service. Our youth minister Scott Buck taught about the book of Ecclesiastes, King Solomon’s account of his exploration of the…
New Podcast Up: Beginning Lines and Ending Hobbits
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
In this end of year podcast we discuss the most important beginning of any novel: the first line. The first line is something that writers like Stephen King spend a month preparing. It is the line that hooks the reader, that sets the tone for the novel, and…
How to come up with a book idea.
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
You have a goal to write a novel. Perhaps you want to do so in one month’s time. You are pumped and ready to go. You sit down at your keyboard and ? ? ? You got it, nothing happens. Blank. Headache. Pit level feeling of nausea. Despair. I…
#NaNoWriMo Day 1: My #Writing #Tips for Today. “Stop with an idea.”
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
Yes, it’s NaNoWriMo time. So what am I doing instead of working feverishly away at a novel? Why I am here with a tip about writing away feverishly at a novel. I had fun announcing my entry into NaNoWriMo. I like to play around with the fear factor. Yes, I am…
Surviving the Blogging Dry Spell.
Originally posted on ronovanwrites:
“HELLO?! It’s dry in here!” My brain screamed at the top of its . . . whatever it has to scream at the top of with. “’Sup?” I asked. “Dude, we got nothin’.” “What do you mean, nothin‘?” “Seriously? I’m your brain and you are asking me what that means?” It…
Writer’s Block
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
I love it when those super productive plot bunnies come to visit. Those days when ideas for new plots, or new exciting twists for a work in process come streaming in hard and fast, and supply writing fodder for years to come. But then sometimes you have those moments…
“Coal miners don’t get coal miners’ block” John Green’s Dad — Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
Originally posted on BRIDGET WHELAN writer:
I delete about 90% of my first drafts…so it doesn’t really matter much if on a particular day I write beautiful and brilliant prose that will stick in the minds of my readers forever, because there’s a 90% chance I’m just gonna delete whatever I write anyway. I find…
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