Category: writing process
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Am I a Dictator?
(Not that kind of dictator.) My writing goals are insane this year. I want to write six new books in a new series as part of a rapid-release independent publishing project to launch next year. In researching the best ways to attempt this, I heard that the fastest writers dictate their books. So I figured…what…
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The Rejection Collection
My most recent short story rejection was a “personal” one. The one before that was a form rejection. As were the three before that. I am making progress on my rejection goal. 100 rejections for 2021. Why aim for so many rejections? Am I a masochist? Do I enjoy making myself feel bad? Do I…
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Margaret Atwood on Her Creative Process
Okay, here’s a great little interview from Big Think, asking Margaret Atwood all those questions that we writers love to ask other writers…especially those more successful or smarter than us. Something interesting that struck me in her methodology was the ‘rolling barrage’ – because I do this. As she describes it: the rolling barrage is…
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Your Form is Showing, or Is It?
Deciding to plunge forward on a frustrating piece is one of the most difficult, and most common, decisions a writer must make. If a character isn’t cooperating, if a POV isn’t functioning, if there’s that intangible something telling you that the piece is suffering, it can be hard to convince yourself to press on. After…