I once had a writing professor tell the class in the midst of promoting a local event: “If you can’t sneak into a school auditorium, you’re not fit to be a writer.” As a writer who just finds it simple common courtesy to pay the fee at the door, I can still appreciate the mindset…
In the past, I have mentioned the tactic, “Write Now, Edit Later,” which encourages you to throw off that perfectionist attitude and just give yourself something to work with. Now, I’m taking it a step further: write “awful.” Just straight-up “awful.” I once made a video that demonstrates some of the many reactions I often…
In one of my Tips & Tricks posts, I talk about starting with an interesting title and creating a story from there. Sometimes a title can be relatively ambiguous, and other times it can convey a very clear picture of what elements are involved in the story. Take a vague, but interesting title, and proceed…
Just recently I was speaking with someone about my novel, and the subject of different points of view (or POVs, as someone more familiar with the jargon may put it) came up. And in the moment, I had to remember that not everyone went to school to study literature and writing like I did. So,…