One Week Challenge to End Procrastination- Who's In?
Looks like I won't be around much this week so maybe I'll pick this up later...
View ArticleArc's Self-Governing Poetry Questions
I say self-governing because I don't push it on anyone else. These are questions I ask myself during the poetry process. (When not just playing around) Initial Writing Question #1- What's my goal with...
View ArticleNo time to write
We have all had this thought in our head at some point. "Ugh, there no time for me to write, I'll get to it tomorrow." Or "I'm too tired." I have said that to myself on plenty occasions. You are...
View ArticleArticle on digging deeper in writing...
At least that's how I'd characterize the article... annoyingly, it doesn't seem to have a title I can use to show how the author would like it characterized. Anyway, it's at...
View ArticleWriting every day: application matters (even if you're a slacker millennial)
Ol' Yuli Baba hasn't been around these parts much, but I promise it's not because I hate y'all— Tali!Ban is the hater. I'm just trolling around to see if anyone has committed to writing a certain...
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Article on understanding poetry
I'm not generally into poetry, which is why I found this article on it so interesting. Posting here is in no way intended to be a criticism of any member's work or style ... Article on understanding...
View ArticleCharacter and Exposition are Plot
Some insights on plotting vs characterisation by M.Harold Page, writing on Charles Stross's blog: http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2017/07/plot-is-character.html#more
View ArticleTaking inspiration
I know taking inspiration from other writers is nothing new and I'm sure we all do it, but I thought I'd share something that really helps me get words down and kick start new chapters or paragraphs....
View ArticlePublic Domain Songs To Use in Writing
I've seen threads here asking about how to use song lyrics in a novel without disrupting the narrative, and a common thought is it's not worth trying to figure out hypothetically how to do this because...
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Cool, a new sub-forum this story opener idea fits in:
Medical Examiner seeks public help: Who donated the human skulls [to Goodwill]?
View ArticleSharing my description writing eureka:
OK so let me try this sub-forum again. I don't know about the 'sticky quality', maybe I need a more causal eureka/inspiration sub-forum for these little things. I'm working on getting the hang of...
View ArticleMastering Style: The Learning and Teaching of Writing
This is a really interesting talk at Harvard, speaking about the clarity of writing and considerations for finding, adapting, and personalizing your style. They speak about writing in a general sense,...
View ArticleSteinbeck writing Grapes of Wrath - pretty inspirational!
Here's an article with quote from John Steinbeck's journal while he was writing The Grapes of Wrath. I find this kind of thing inspirational. I hope it is for you, too. Link.
View Article'We Have Always Fought': Challenging the 'Women, Cattle and Slaves' Narrative
Insight from an impressive author, and it won the 2014 Hugo for Best Related... 'We Have Always Fought': Challenging the 'Women, Cattle and Slaves' Narrative
View ArticleSamuel R. Delany on Subtext, Interpretation, and Sex on the Page
The Paris Review Summer 2011 Samuel R. Delany, The Art of Fiction No. 210 .... INTERVIEWER You—and, indeed, several other SF writers—have called Bester’s 1956 novel, Tiger! Tiger!, the greatest...
View ArticleInterview with Bayview
View attachment 6326 View attachment 6327 Bayview (who writes as Kate Sherwood) recently entertained an interview I gave her after discovering the successes she has experienced as a published writer....
View ArticleNew Yorker article on SF/F author Gene Wolfe
Nice, short piece on Gene Wolfe, one of the best writers going in science fiction and fantasy: http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/sci-fis-difficult-genius?intcid=mod-latest His work is well...
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