by Elizabeth | Feb 25, 2014 | Uncategorized
We’ve spent several weeks looking at obstacles to creating a daily writing habit and how to overcome them. This is the last in that series: temptations that pull us from routine. First, there are all the things that can seem more important than writing. This can vary...
by Elizabeth | Feb 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last week, I confessed something. The story of my book thus far. Not a story I’d have created for it, though it’s a roller coaster of disappointed expectations and continual hope, and in that sense not badly plotted. I suppose. This week, I have an addendum that I...
by Elizabeth | Feb 11, 2014 | Uncategorized
Jane watched the kids running back and forth on the lawn. She wondered if they were scared of the looming black cloud in the distance. Beginning writers often lean heavily on what I call mediation: He saw/ She noticed/ I watched/ I thought . . . the rest of the...
by Elizabeth | Feb 4, 2014 | Uncategorized
1) Accept that voice. It just means you are doing your work. It doesn’t mean you are doing it badly or wrong, despite the content of the voice. It means you are taking risks, and the part of you that does not like to take risks is protesting. Protecting, even. Ignore...
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