Tag: writing process

• Round Table Chat with Annamaria Bazzi

  I recently had a wonderfully fun Round Table Chat with Annamaria concerning a wide variety of topics – writing – characterization – my latest novel – and other tales of a more whimsical nature. Please head over to her site and check it out. It was very well done and exceedingly enjoyable for me. I’ll…

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  February 18, 2014

  Indie Author, Promotion, Writing Process

  author interview, chat, interview, novel writing, The Recluse Storyteller, writing process

• The False Mystique of the Novel

  What is it that makes everyone’s eyes get big when someone says, “I’m writing a novel.” Try this. Tell someone that you are writing a story and see how they react. Now try it again, but this time insert the word ‘novel’ for story. Did you see how their eyebrows ascended? They were certainly impressed,…

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  February 17, 2014

  Writing Process

  novel writing, story writing, writing process

• “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…

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  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

• My Newest Author’s Interview!

  I enjoyed being interviewed about writing and my latest book by Linda-Barnett Johnson. You can read the entire interview HERE! Here’s an excerpt: 8.  What inspired you to write your most recent story? After I wrote my first novel, Beauty Rising, I challenged myself to write my second, and in fact, I don’t release a new novel…

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  January 16, 2014

  Indie Author, Promotion

  author interview, Indie author interview, life of a writer, novel writing, The Recluse Storyteller, 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…

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  January 7, 2014

  Indie Author, Writing Process

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

• A Thinking Stop

  I was writing early today, and the story flowed well. It wasn’t long until I had rattled off a thousand words without much difficulty at all. It felt good. I was accomplishing something. And then I stopped. Not because I couldn’t have written more; I was completely prepared and able to do so, but I…

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  December 30, 2013

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  approaches to writing, character development, fiction writing, plot, writer’s block, writing process

• The (Writer’s) Hermit Life

  There’s no getting around it. Writers like to hide away from the world on a frequent basis. Sometimes I feel like I could be John Donne’s island man – alone and solitaire, pecking away furiously on my keyboard for hours at a time. Oh yeah, I have a family. Good reminder. Let’s keep focus. But…

  sassevn

  December 20, 2013

  Indie Author

  john donne, life as a writer, no man is an island, writing life, writing process

• Writing with the end in sight? Or writing to discover?

  I read an article where an author said they he recommends knowing the last line of your book before knowing the first line. Well, I couldn’t disagree more. I’m not saying his way doesn’t work. It did for him. But it could never work for me. As I mentioned before, I write to discover, not…

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  December 18, 2013

  Writing Process

  brainstorming, indie writing., novel writing, writing, writing process

• The Best Comment About My Play (and it revealed something about writing)

  After the Short & Sweet Theatre performance on Friday, a young Chinese woman in her 20s approached me and asked: “Are you the writer of ‘Almighty Might’?” I replied that I was, and then she looked at me intently and asked: “How did you write that? I mean, when I first saw it I was…

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  October 27, 2013

  Writing Process

  Almighty Might, short & sweet theatre KL 2013, writing ideas, writing inspiration, writing process

• 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…

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  October 23, 2013

  Writing Process

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