Tag: creative writing

• My Alexander Popish Poem & a Yearning to Create

  The more and more I think about my past, the more and more I realize that I have always yearned to create. I remember when I was a sophomore in college, one of my lit courses was 18th Century English Literature.  On one of our assignments, we had to write some sort of comparative analysis…

  sassevn

  November 22, 2014

  Indie Author

  alexander pope, creative writing, creativity, muse of writing, poem

• There’s no way to know if you should “blow-up” your writing

  You’re cruising along in your writing, following a certain idea, a certain rabbit trail that has you darting and dogging over and under a thrilling maze of obstacles until you are satisfied that you have what you want. And then, you get another idea – an idea which will completely restructure everything you just wrote.…

  sassevn

  April 4, 2014

  Writing Process

  approaches to writing, brainstorming, clarity in writing, creative writing, plot, writing ideas

• A Momentary Lapse Into Sanity

  Every once in a while my writer’s mind will surface from the deep belly underworld of my Mariana Trench-like mind to breath the normal air of my surroundings. What is it that I find when this happens? Normal things, mostly. Like baseball, for instance. I’m not a writer when I’m a baseball fan. Everything turns…

  sassevn

  February 22, 2014

  Writing Process

  approaches to writing, brainstorming, creative writing, writer’s mind, writing, writing ideas

• “If I can think of it, anyone can” and other false thinking.

  Did you ever ponder how one can be truly creative in today’s world? I mean, hasn’t everything already been thought of. Hasn’t every melody already been written? Hasn’t every plot line been explored? I used to think like this and such non-productive thoughts have significantly shortened my writing years. I remember when I used to…

  sassevn

  January 28, 2014

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  approaches to writing, creative writing, fiction writing, writer’s doubt, writer’s ego, writing, writing confidence, writing process

• Writing – Like a Workman

  Sometimes it’s all inspiration. Sometimes it’s all perspiration. Writing experiences vary from day to day. One day the words flow poetically off the keys like I have discovered the key to writing the world’s next epics. The next day, the words drip like my leaky faucet. But here are a couple of takeaways that I’ve…

  sassevn

  January 7, 2014

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  approaches to writing, creative writing, novel writing, writing, writing process

• Are you finding time to write?

  Today is one of those days I just want to create. I’ve been working and promoting and directing drama and doing everything else in the world I usually do except doing the one thing I really want to do: write. Indie writers have seasons. I know that. There are always competing demands to juggle. But…

  sassevn

  November 17, 2013

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  creative writing, indie authors, promotion, time for writing

• The Perplexing Question: How do you approach your writing? I simmer.

  I was asked this question yesterday by a young writer. I dislike this question because I feel like I don’t have an adequate answer. The answer is that I just write. See. Very unsatisfying. I’m a spur of the moment writer. I don’t plan much. Don’t do much outlining, but, and I think this is…

  sassevn

  October 23, 2013

  Writing Process

  approaches to writing, creative writing, novel writing, writing process

• Come to think of it, I was always a writer – Part II

  In my last post, I took a personal journey, surveying my entire life and making an amazing discovery – I always had the heart of a writer. I was always interested in creating and doing things that made people look peculiarly at me – and yet, when implemented  they always worked out in the end. My…

  sassevn

  August 30, 2013

  Indie Author, Life

  creative writing, novel writing, passion for writing, writer, writing development

• Profanity free writing: Honestly, I swear!

  This is a post which (I swear) I’ve been trying to write for a while. What do you do with those ubiquitous cuss words which seem to seep out of every modern-day genre like the plague of locusts coming forth from Charlton Heston’s staff? What is the purpose of swearing in writing?  When is it…

  sassevn

  July 25, 2013

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  creative writing, cuss words, profanity in writing, swear words, vulgarity in writing

• Impacting Readers: Every Writer Wants to be Validated

  Writing for the love of it or writing to be loved. Which is it? Writers seem to have this persona of being these isolated islands unto themselves, hiding  away in their thoughts and not really caring what the world thinks about them. After all, it’s the art that they create with words that’s important, isn’t…

  sassevn

  June 29, 2013

  Writing Process

  creative writing, indie writers, purpose of humanities, purpose of writing, writing, writing goals