Category: Role of the Writer

  • Writing When the Story is Failing

    While writing earlier this week, the process felt like running in sand uphill. There was little evidence of progress. The desire to quit was great.…

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  • My First Reader

    My writing, when first born, is a very ugly baby. Seriously. You don’t see the first draft of anything. If you did you would say,…

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  • The Low Survival Rate of Early Chapters

    My current project imagines itself will one day be a full-length novel. Today it is 3500 words of metawriting (writing about the writing—we’ll call it…

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  • Waiting, A Writer’s Skill

    There are many skills a writer needs. Many of them are obvious. All can be learned. Some are learned whether one plans to write creatively…

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  • If You’re Bored

    If you’re bored, no…if you’re not thoroughly riveted by the piece you’re writing, it’s not ready for a reader. And until this criteria is met,…

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