writing

Writing is like carrying a foetus. Edna O'Brien

I know someone who placed in this so hey it is real. And people do win. https://www.wilbur-niso-smithfoundation.org/index.php?p=prize/intro

The moment a woman starts writing her truth she becomes dangerous. Elif Shafak

Scrivener as never worked properly for me. Though I know it can really be brilliant and I have an old book outlined on it. Google doc breaks down when the file gets to heavy so I have to end it after about 1o k words and there is no brilliant Scrivener button to pull it altogether. Plotter...

'Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live perpetually in fantasy land, where you can create, direct and watch the products of your own head.' Monica Dickens

'Pedestrian writing, thin characters - I can handle the criticism. I write to pedestrians. And I am a pedestrian. I write the best I can. I know I'm never going to be revered as some classic writer. I don't claim to be C. S. Lewis. The literary-type writers, I admire them. I wish I was smart...

Head hopping and don't understand how that affects the reader? Watch this:

All writing is presumption, of course, since no one knows what it is like to be another human being. Cynthia Ozick

Wondering if it's worth the entry fee? Chill Subs has created a handy calculator to assess the value of writing contests. https://www.thecontestcalculator.com/

There is only one motive for writing a novel: to be published and read. To me there is no distinction between the mystery novel and the novel, only between good books and bad books. A good book takes the reader into a new world of experience; it is an experiment. A bad book, unless the writing...

A day of bad writing is always better than a day of no writing. Don Roff

Bad writing is not easier than good. It's just as hard to make a toilet seat as it is a castle window. Only the view is different. Ben Hecht Ben Hecht

Hi Everyone, I had to share. I was lucky enough to hear @Lee Murray talk to a writing group in NZ tonight about the advantages of writing short stories and tips for it. Ah, it was brilliant!! I've only played around with short stories a little, but I'm so fired up after Lee's talk to give them...

I'm starting 'AInt', a protest against AI resurrecting dead writers to inveigle money from new writers. AI can't teach writing anymore than an expensive exercise bike can make you get in shape. The effort still has to come from you. https://www.bbcmaestro.com/courses/agatha-christie/writing...

New blog post by Jake E Be my, be my Beta. I really need to spend less time on X. Once again, I’ve stumbled upon a heated discussion on social media that I can’t help but add my two cents/pence/shillings to, and this time, I can’t understand why or how it’s a discussion. It concerns those...

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My writing process is chaos. I usually start with an overarching theme. Then I establish several story threads, but I don't outline. I just start writing and keep notes for what may come. It's an organic process that's usually pretty flexible. Lisa Lutz

My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit down to write, I make a list of characters and try to see how they fit. Cynthia Voigt

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