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Write or Robots will take over the World: An Evening with Chuck Wendig
(c) Amanda Headlee At the time of this writing, it is 9:09 pm EDT on August 17, 2015. My brain is fueled by espresso and California Tortilla’s Chips & Queso (that shit is liquid gold). I just spent...
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Lose the Writing Filter
(c) JD Hancock (CC BY 2.0) Humans worry too much about how they are viewed by others. This leads many writers to censor the genuine thoughts that run through their minds. The world is so wrapped up in...
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Things No One Told Me About Writing
Perhaps the bits of creative process I’m talking about today are unique to pansters (I doubt it) or so common that no one thinks to mention them (possible), or because everyone’s process is so...
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Believe in the Process of Writing
There’s a great thing that happens after you’ve spent a morning writing, and you think I haven’t got anything there, not anything, and then you go away and become depressed, and when you come back, you...
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Listen Up! Your Characters are Speaking
The voices in my head… (c) Mr Seb (Attribution-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic (CC BY-ND 2.0)) Do you hear that whispering? The incessant chatting that constantly sounds in your ears, originating deep from your...
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Writing A Novel is Like…
Writing is like . . . Baking from a recipe in which the measurements and ingredients come only one at a time and you don’t know what you’re making. Being lost; you’re not sure where you are but you...
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Writers Tips for Getting Unstuck
Sometimes a writer just gets stuck in the middle of a story. The potential causes are numerous, but most writers go through it. Getting unstuck is the goal. I’ve had plenty of experience getting stuck...
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What’s the Difference Between a Creative (Writing) Practice and Doing...
A writing practice (or creative practice of any sort–I use the words interchangeably) involves intentionally setting aside regular time—a routine—for creative work. Forming the habit of showing up...
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A Series of Style: How Stylistics Can Help Your Writing
The series I have planned for the coming months will focus on particular elements of style–word choices, rhetorical devices, syntax, and so on–and how these elements pertain to fiction. In writing...
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The Sport of People Watching
(c) hotblack Characters abound in everyday reality outside of the realm of fiction. One just has to know how to find them. Human interaction floods everyday senses, and for most people, the...
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Writing with Deadlines
So, you want to be a writer? My condolences. It’s not all luxury mansions, penthouse apartments, and crime solving like the idiot box suggests. There’s a lot of hard work goes into producing a...
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Elements of Writing Horror: Something Must Die
(c) hotblack The goal of horror is to elicit an intense fear, and there nothing that humans fear more than death. Death is the last curtain call, the ending to the show. Everyone, whether they admit it...
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