Posts Tagged ‘writing tips’
My Main Character’s Heart just pounded, thumped, raced, leaped and fluttered her to Death.
Words. Dang, there are a lot of them. Many, many, many. And therein lies my problem. I don’t know enough of them. Case in point, I’ve just repeated the same word to describe how many (bastard!) words there are to use.
Read MoreHi Ho, Hi Ho. Off to Meet A Deadline we Go.
Big moment. The many words I’ve written on many pages are going off to be sent off and scrutinised, discarded, red-carded, rearranged and tut-tutted. Or as commonly known, edited. I am going full adult. Hiring professionals. Getting invoiced. Peeps, I’ve been given a DEADLINE. I’ve adulted myself right in the kahunas.
Read MoreThe Way you do the things you do – Igniting the Writing Brain.
So I have recovered from last weeks little red-cheeked dummy spit. I am once again the epitome of calm. A picture of serenity.
Read MoreLocation, Location. Rah, Rah, Rah. Writing inspiration bim, boom, bah!
Some places speak to you as a writer. They can say things like ‘Hello, I am your imagination’s nirvana and I will inspire you to heights of true writing mastery.’ Often it’s more like ‘Stop walking round and round this library cause it’s exam time and you have jack-shit chance of getting a better seat than…
Read MoreWriting inspiration? It’s got to be Epic.
Trailer music. It’s a thing. It’s an awesome, fire everything, run for your friggin life, kill the bastard, save the world, kiss the girl or boy or puppy, don’t look down, don’t let go, EPIC thing. I like it. A lot. When I’m sitting in front of my computer screen, words gone dry and inspiration…
Read MoreHoly Crap in a Crabshell – I like the bluebird.
Overwhelming is the word of the day, I’ve decided. No, wait. Scratch that. As I head up the slopes of Mount I-Wanna-Publish-a-book, I think overwhelming is word of the trek. This writing thing is complex. Not just landing the idea, then getting the words on paper, in the right order, with correct spelling, pacing, structure and…
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