Courtesy Floating Robes You finished writing something! Congratulations! All your time and sweat and inspiration and maybe even some blood has contributed into a new idea and a powerful work you feel some measure of pride for. Yay! Now go rewrite it. Any writer who’s actually worth their ink will tell you that you’re an… Continue reading Rewarding Rewrites
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Putting the "Dead" in Deadlines
Courtesy monkeyc.net I am very, very good at procrastination. Even as I write this I’m debating putting it off. I need to go to the post office and the library, the little voice says, the blog can wait. Who reads this stuff, anyway? Oh, and it’s about time for a fresh cup of tea. Wasn’t… Continue reading Putting the "Dead" in Deadlines
Don't Fear The Rewrite
The truth that every novelist has to face is that you’re not going to get everything right in the first draft. Nobody does. It’s likely that George Lucas wrote a single draft of his prequel scripts, and look how those turned out. No, multiple drafts is more than just a means of editing out grammar… Continue reading Don't Fear The Rewrite
One's Own Hype
I’m glad that the writing competition I mentioned yesterday has a deadline in August instead of its original, which would have been tomorrow. I think I have more work to do than I thought. Creative people in general, and writers in particular, need to take care when it comes to their own hype. It’s one… Continue reading One's Own Hype
