Branching out with my writing
The stars are in alignment.
That person who is wearing your spilled latte is a desperate literary agent.
She notices you’re using page 18 of your manuscript to assist in the clean-up.
Capitalize! Offer up pages 19-40. [Your opening needed work anyway.]
Face your fears.
Your latest work can’t be that bad.
And letting the toner cartridge run dry won’t make the words go away.
Either print it out or invest in a better coping mechanism.
Today, make your characters come alive.
Within reason, of course. The neighbors are starting to talk.
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Don’t beat yourself up because you didn’t write a finished masterpiece quickly. Persist. #productivity #WritersGuide2Persistence #amwriting
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.” — Stephen King
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Don’t be seduced into thinking that that which does not make a profit is without value. ARTHUR MILLER #amwriting #writing #writinglife
Be wary of peer jealousy.
Your critique group member who lit a match to your previous story may be looking to up her game.
Well, you take a look. [22 seconds long–less if you’re quick with the ‘stop’ button.]
Hope it evokes a smile or two.
Your Twitter followers will burgeon to triple digits today.
Don’t let it go to your head. A missed typo in your tweet about an ‘affinity for smooth jazz and the dulcet tones of the sax’ lured 75 degenerates with no interest whatsoever in your novel.
Edit carefully.
I had just opened the book Writing for Story, by Jon Franklin, and began reading one of his highly-acclaimed stories, entitled Mrs. Kelly’s Monster, that detailed surgical procedures to relieve a patient of almost four decades of suffering from a malformation of blood vessels in the back of her brain.
And I thought…36 years of agony, all the while partnering with her husband to raise a family.
And I thought…and here I am whimpering and simpering about Facebook’s cluelessness about member requests that vaporize.
And I thought…get off your duff and keep writing!
And I thought…you folks should too!
Dig in! Ramp it up! Kick some literary booty! Go!
You were going to chuck it all. But think carefully now…offers from Earl and Pearl’s Blockbuster Publishing don’t come around every day.
You have two problems. That stratified clutter pile is calling your name. And you haven’t finished your chapter. Seismic activity will solve the first problem. For that matter, the second one, as well. Pay close attention to plot twists during your evacuation.
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