by Devi S. Laskar | Feb 28, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
There’s an old saying, “Write What You Know.” But author Ken Kesey, who wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, said it best: “Write about what you don’t know about what you know.” In other words, explore past the edges of what is comfortable and familiar, and get to...
by Devi S. Laskar | Feb 27, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
I’ve come across some old notebooks that I kept as a graduate student and I’m so happy to read through them again: lots and lots of great tips and strategies from professors who are also acclaimed writers who have consistently written and published amazing...
by Devi S. Laskar | Feb 27, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
So many books have been written on the art of writing, on the resistance to actually doing the writing rather than talking about doing the work required to be a writer. There are books about finishing a novel in a year to finishing your outline for your novel in a...
by Devi S. Laskar | Feb 25, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
I’ve become an avid follower of the hashtag #amwriting on Twitter. Writers typically use it to indicate they’re currently in the process of writing, although some add it to anything they post about the practice of writing. Of course, a lot of #amwriting tweets are...
by Devi S. Laskar | Feb 24, 2012 | Daily Prompt, Featured, Uncategorized
I have written in many places, Italy, Spain, France, and Greece. Before I was a writer, I jotted itineraries and restaurant notes in my day planner. In London, where I lived for twelve years, I prepped myself for my future unknown writing career by pushing the babies’...
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