Serious writers outline. Everyone knows this. They create visualization boards and put awesome color-coded cards on corkboards with pushpins. They keep character bibles. They plan out Three Main Points of Action, they catalog the Try-Fail cycles, they draw sweeping character arcs. I try to do these things. I try to be an outliner. I can’t....
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Category Archives: writing process I did it, guys. I survived January. And not only survived, but I had fun inside that madhouse of a month. And I finished the long-term substitute teaching business. It was nearly every day of 2 months, and some kids were growing tired of me, and to a lesser extent, I of (a few of)... So after the most lovely and relaxing 4-day weekend, I’m back at it this morning. Off to school in ten minutes. And I managed to get myself out of the bed early enough to have fifteen minutes of writing time. Fifteen minutes in which words tumbled. They were words, and that’s what matters now. But...  We went back to school today. Does that seem a little… sudden to anyone else? Yeah. Me, too. The Boy had a basketball game — 3rd grade league, coached by Husband. No keeping score. Except that our row (me, and his 3 older sisters) saw both of his awesome shots go in. And we cheered,...  Here are the rest of the amazing images/quotes from Buzzfeed. Read them. Then, for the love, start writing. (I’m talking to me.) And there you have it: The stuff I borrowed from the Buzzfeed article that made me so very happy. Another shout-out to Chris Ritter for the totally amazing design. (Go see the original,...  More writer-y advice from Buzzfeed, but first one from ME. Ahem. “Duct tape your hind-parts into a chair and don’t get up until you’ve written 1.000 words.” You’re welcome. And once again, come back tomorrow for some more great advice. Or don’t. Advice is free, for what it’s worth.  More Buzzfeed greatness. But wait. There’s more. Come back tomorrow, won’t you? And maybe tell me your favorite piece of writer-y advice.  Here’s some more from that great Buzzfeed article. There’s more where these came from, don’t you know. Come back tomorrow! If you want! |