I still remember the first time I heard the term Writer’s Block. It was on the show Golden Girls, an 80’s sitcom about four mature ladies living as roommates. Blanche Deveraux, a southern belle and very randy senior citizen, had decided to write romance novels. After sitting fruitlessly in front of a typewriter for hours [...]
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I Don’t Believe in Writer’s Block
Posted in On Writing, tagged 80's sitcoms, constipation, disbelief, Goals, multitasking, novel block, reflection, Research, scene block, self belief, The Golden Girls, writer's block, writing on September 30, 2011 | 3 Comments »
How I Became an Outline Convert
Posted in Current Progress, On Writing, Research, Work In Progress, tagged conversion, novel, Outlining, preparing to write, reflection, writing, writing tools on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
I have always been a pantser. When I get an idea it generally has an opening scene and one or more great characters. The story flows naturally from there. At most I would jot down the major points and a few scenes ahead but I figured the story might shift drastically so I thought that [...]
The Impossible Goal
Posted in Current Progress, Goals, On Writing, tagged impossible goals, reflection, writing on August 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In the wake of finishing my WIP first draft I was high on the rush of accomplishment. It felt great (to be honest it still does) and that first burst led me to set some lofty goals. The July novel. The plan was to write roughly twice what is required by Nanowrimo but in half [...]
