Tag: indie writers
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Write What’s on Your Heart
Writing is the most heart-revealing exercise I’ve ever been involved with. The writing process bares the soul, and makes the writer ponder deep and hard about the hidden caverns which need exploring but which the writer may be too squeamish to approach. I truly believe what my college literature professor said that a reader should…
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Observations on Revising
One strange observation I have had as I am doing a second read-through revision on my third novel is that all of my writing is not created equally. It appears that sometimes I have the muse hanging directly over me, spoon-feeding me the words to say, while other times I feel like I’m just trying…
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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…
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Nothing as Bleak as a Writer’s Confidence
I just finished a short 1500 word dramatic sketch entitled “‘No’ in Spite of Itself”. Now I can’t seem to shake those mixed feelings I have about it. For a while, I had my doubts how effective it was going to be. It’s about a man, standing on the edge of a cliff, having a…