Writing in the Flow
You know the feeling. Maybe you were playing a sport or a musical instrument; maybe you experienced it at work or in church. I’m talking about that experience of being in the zone, in the moment....
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Is Your First Draft Terrible Enough?
That’s not a typo; I’m questioning whether the first draft of your story is horrible, trashy, and amateurish enough to qualify as a first draft. I’m not talking about cacography here, I’m talking...
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Leave Yourself Wanting More
You’ve heard the show business adage, “Always leave them wanting more,” meaning an entertainer should exit the stage before the audience gets bored. By the same principle, novelist and poet Helen...
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Cure: Writer’s Block
Earlier I blogged about writer’s block, but focused on symptoms and causes. Today, let’s talk about getting over it. As before, I’ll limit the discussion to minor writer’s block (minWB), the...
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Eating the Elephant
Is it better to write a short story all at once or over a period of several days? Since each method has its advocates, the question is worth examining. Everyone knows the adage about the proper way to...
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3 States of Writing Flow
Fellow author Andrew Gudgel wrote a great blogpost on December 19, 2019 regarding writing, and I’d like to expand on it. His post is titled “Water, Molasses, Glass” and you may have to scroll down to...
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Terrible First Drafts Reconsidered
A while back, I wrote a post urging writers to create terrible first drafts of their stories. I received some push-back from a writer/editor friend and figured I’d share that perspective. In my post, I...
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