What do you think? Do you agree with this quote?
Don Said
What do you think? Do you agree with this quote?
Linnea Said
Keep plugging away if you feel the pull.
Scott Said
I did the same thing that Scott said, buying Writer’s Digest and books on fiction writing, looking for the secrets before realizing, just read and write. It wasn’t wasted time or effort, though, because I glimpsed other writers’ processes and developed my processes and voice from thinking about what they’d done, trying to do the same, and then adjusting.
Michael Said
I like discovering quotes like these. It helps alleviate the worries I have about the lack of control over what I write — something which seems inherently wrong to write, but most writers will readily grasp.
The Writey Sense
Ever read a news article that excites your writey senses and muses, a feeling that, “OMG, there’s a book that I want to write!”
That’s the writey sense, that internal mass that stays on alert to concepts, characters, settings, and ideas, looking for the next story or novel.
Just happened to me. I read a news article about a man who killed himself during a traffic stop. The police found a woman’s body in the trunk. I immediately flashed onto a title, “The Woman in the Trunk”. My inner writers and muses began marshaling scenes, including opening lines. I could feel the writing energy developing.
Despite the excitement (and the anxiety, what if I’m blowing off a great novel?), I had to tell them, sorry, not today. We’re doing other things, such as editing novels that are already in progress.
They weren’t happy.
Anne Said
This is my first rule. It’s almost ironclad. In the last two years, I’ve probably not written on ten days because I was sick, traveling, or on a holiday.
