Here be dragons.
From The Unhappily Uninspired Writer’s Guide to Kick Starting Creativity (& Gaining Back Creative Confidence!)
… Read the restStop worrying about whether others will “get it” — instead, aim to make them think. They don’t have to “get” it for it to be good writing. Sometimes, my favorite writing is absolutely a mess (House of Leaves by Daniel Z.
Today 9Rules is down. I don’t know if it is gone, or just lost.
When my site was accepted in 2009 I was pretty happy. Even though the network had been backsliding awhile – there was hope for a fresh revamp. It didn’t quite seem to ever really happen though. I’m still part of 9Rules and I’m not giving up on it.… Read the rest
“The reason we struggle with insecurity is because we compare our behind-the-scenes with everyone else’s highlight reel.” – Steven Furtick
Originally from Suite101 University, a free ecourse posted a few years ago. I’ve saved the information here because there is a lot worth keeping and I don’t know what will happen to all of it now that Suite101 is closing this area of their site.
By Jason Reeher
Welcome to the Suite University course on writing newspaper editorials.… Read the rest
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Once you make your post in your own blog come back here and add your link. Then visit and comment on other blogs.
… Read the restThis is an unusual paragraph. I’m curious how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it? It looks so plain you would think nothing was wrong with it! In fact, nothing is wrong with it! It is unusual though. Study it, and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd.
Here we are, surrounded by snow at this time of year. It’s a nice time to think about Spring, which I know is coming, eventually. It just takes it’s own time; keeps it’s own schedule. Sort of.
I’m thinking of a garden setting for a scene. It’s early morning, the dew is still on the grass.… Read the rest
… Read the restIdeas can be recycled. Your emotions or interests can produce an idea for a story. Ideas are anywhere and can be used over again. Be alert to your environment, your interests, and your emotions. Somewhere an idea will spark your imagination.
Also using different viewpoints can be an idea for another story. Any idea can be written more than once by changing something in the story so that it is given a fresh approach.
