I’m sitting in an English class. About Sonnets. I cannot express enough how much I am not a poet. Poetry is cool, and serves its purpose, but I would much rather appreciate it naturally, and […]
Tag: Writing
It’s Piled On Again
It’s piled on again. It’s mostly my fault. I let myself get distracted by Adobe Photoshop and photography. Mainly I’m trying to be great at too many things. Jack off all trades, master of none. […]
Vent 5-18-2016
For those of you that don’t know, I’ve been writing a novel for the past couple of years. It is still coming along, slowly and surely. It gets longer and better by the day. I […]
No More Excuses
Remember that one time you were writing that awesome manuscript. You know, the next Great American Novel. You were gonna revolutionize the Sci-Fi genre. You were going to post 3 blogs a week. You were […]
Use Your Words
So one of the things I’ve been noticing lately is a hint of pride I have in some of the dialogue I’ve been writing. This is especially true in scenes where the character is telling […]
Flash Fiction Challenge : Vol I
Challenge: Write a story in five sentences. 100 word maximum. Here’s mine. I could smell the flesh burning, but watching them actually eating it was the worst part. I thought it was customary to kill […]
Quite the Character
Hey there. You. No, you… with the laptop open. And you… with the pen in hand… Stop that. Stop right now. You should read this before going any further. Are you making your characters the […]
Ten (Unheard-of) Rules for Writing
I wish you knew how my brain worked. There’s a reason I write. It’s really the only way I can see my thoughts come out clearly. In conversations I jump around. I make up songs […]
My Self-Discipline is Killing My Self-Discipline
I told myself nothing would interfere with my writing. I’ve made deadlines and quotas for myself. Trackers to keep up with those quotas and deadlines. I’ve even employed the assistance of little minions and demons […]
It’s Alive!!!
I’m alive!!! Yeah. I know. It has been a while. I never intended to go two weeks or more without a post. Or even a week without three posts. But man, life has me on […]