I had no concept of how writing from a plan would be this fulfilling. Last year, I started a new goal. As a professional writer, I determined I needed to do more writing. Among other goals I set for myself – I set out to write a minimum of 1500 words of fiction Monday-Friday. That could include both actual novel writing – and plotting and planning for books. Additionally, I decided to try plotting and
Make the art, create the recipe, write the book, pursue the creativity – do it for you. Sometimes I doubt myself. I began writing fiction – mostly sci-fi and fantasy – when I was nine. In fits and starts, I continued to write over the years. Then, not long ago, I started to write full-time. I am very, very fortunate that I am in a situation where I can do this. It brings me so
If you have a story in your head – go ahead and tell it. I have come across many people who’ve talked about sharing a story. Some of the stories they want to share are fiction; others are very real yet seemingly fictional; some are allegorical; others are less about the story and more character-driven. Whatever the case may be – if you have a story, go ahead and tell it. Just getting the story
There is more to me than being a creative. Sometimes I need to remind myself. I love being a writer. This is the thing I have always believed I was meant to do in this world. But being a writer – like any other job – is not the whole picture. There is far more to me than just being a writer. It’s only one aspect of my comprehensive self. For some, identifying with their
Even in fiction, a little knowledge helps make connections. Have you ever read a book, watched a TV show or movie, and come across something so implausible that it ruined the story? Lots of fantasy and sci-fi are built on largely impossible things. Superheroes aren’t real, faster-than-light travel violates current physics, most people can’t do flips in mid-air from flat ground, and so on. I was taught that much of fiction is based in the
Any word choice you make will impact your work. Whatever you are writing – words matter. The English language is messy. Someone I know described English as the language that takes other languages into back-alleys and shakes them down for loose grammar. Because English is how it is, many different words can be applied to convey this, that, or the other thing. Some words are simple and direct while others are more nuanced. For example
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