Tag: writing

• Was I Sleeping 4 Times Through This Chapter?

  Revision work never seems to surprise and frustrate me. I have been doing some fairly significant re-writes on my next novel up, and each revised chapter had its moments in the grinding machine of my mind, polishing and burnishing each one a little closer to the end result. And then yesterday, I came across a…

  sassevn

  January 10, 2017

  Uncategorized, Writing Process

  novel writing, tips for young writers, writing, writing tips

• I am very much me. And so is my writing.

  I am very much me. It shouldn’t come as a shock that when I write, I focus on what I know. I know Asia. Living here for twenty years will do that. Asia is probably forever in my writing DNA, and I don’t think that’s a bad thing. What did Hemmingway write? The South Floridian…

  sassevn

  October 8, 2016

  Writing Process

  writing, writing inspiration, writing tips

• Writing: If your brain keeps stewing, you probably aren’t finished.

  As a rule, I typically do this: if my brain keeps stewing about a work you completed, it’s not complete and you need to revisit it. I’m not talking about the revision process when a writer is still in the mode of improving a work. I’m talking about after the writer thinks the work is…

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  October 1, 2016

  Writing Process

  playwriting, revising, when to finish writing, writing, writing process

• Reflections on Writing: Are they good enough?

  I’ve just finished writing a collection of short dramatic sketches which will be performed as my new Christmas show, “MORE Tales of Wonder: Another RLT Christmas,” this December. My immediate reaction to the pieces is rather muted. I don’t know what to think about them, and I’m sure I don’t really know what I got…

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  July 28, 2016

  Writing Process

  assessing writing, writing, writing assessment, writing process. creativity

• Indie Authors: What we have and don’t have.

  Here’s what Indie Authors don’t have: We don’t have a large corporation peering over our shoulders. We don’t have a lot of resources, other than the explosion of ideas in our heads. We don’t have a publicist to arrange our events. We don’t have elaborate offices, vacation homes at Martha’s Vineyard, or an army of…

  sassevn

  July 18, 2016

  Indie Author

  independent authors, indie authors, writing

• Is It Possible to Write Too Much?

  Is it possible to write too much? My initial answer to this question is ‘no.’ Certainly not. I write every minute of free time available to me. But it does make me wonder when I read about other authors who are publishing their first novel in five years. Five years? Really? What have they been…

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  June 17, 2016

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  novel writing, time between novels, writing, writing tips

• Batman Says: It’s Summer! Write!!!

  My summer break officially started today, and I’m excited to get writing and having fun creating. I snapped this photo in our new drama rehearsal room. That’s a Styrofoam batman made by one of our students a few years back. And the background is a cool coloring of another of our school’s art students, so…

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  June 8, 2016

  Indie Author

  batman, summer break, writing

• Where will the ideas come from?

  Writing is such a mind game. The creative process toys with the writer to such an extent that I sometimes wonder who’s in control – do I control the creative process or does the creative process control me? Ok, I’m already confused. But this I know: I have 10 dramatic sketches to write in the…

  sassevn

  June 6, 2016

  Indie Author, Writing Process

  brainstorming ideas, creative writing, creativity, play-writing, writing, writing process, writing tips

• The Pressure of Pushing the Envelope

  I produce dramas. I’ve been doing it for the past nine years, and I seem to be stuck in this never ending cycle of “topping” the previous performance. I don’t purposefully do it. Not at all. I would never put that much pressure on myself. Can you imagine having to always out-do, out-compete, out-perform your…

  sassevn

  May 16, 2016

  drama

  audience feedback, comparing writing styles, novel writing, script writing, the pressure to improve, writing

• Mystery Genre? Maybe.

  I’ve been working on a side writing project with four of my students for, well, has it been all school year? Yes, I suppose it has. We would have met in August for the first time, and we’ve been taking our time on this one. It’s a play, untitled, and mish-mashed togethered in a variety…

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  April 14, 2016

  Writing Process

  mystery, writing, writing ideas, writing inspiration