Not much…how ’bout you?<\/p>\n
Now that I put that song into your head, I do apologize for not writing sooner. \u00a0Or as much. \u00a0It’s not because I haven’t been writing – oh no. \u00a0I’ve been writing nearly every day for the last year.<\/p>\n
I’ve read a ton of books on writing, also, which I’ll get a chance to review here. \u00a0Right now I’m reading “Right to Write” by Julia something-or-other, the one who wrote The Artist’s Way. \u00a0It’s crunchy granola touchy-feely stuff, but realistic and down-to-earth. \u00a0She basically gives us all permission to “write badly”.<\/p>\n
I know when I write, especially for 800 Words<\/strong>, I try to write a story. \u00a0Something fully formed like Athena from Zeus’s skull. \u00a0I write a plot, with characters, a beginning, a middle and an end. \u00a0I have the end in mind most of the time, but sometimes I don’t get it until the middle, or I get a different end in the middle, or it just writes itself to the end that has nothing to do with the beginning. \u00a0I’ve noticed a couple of items that the beginning rambles on.<\/p>\n I’m going to try and ramble here more often. \u00a0And tweet. \u00a0Hey, if I’m going to be a best-selling author, I have to keep my life up to date, don’t I?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Not much…how ’bout you? Now that I put that song into your head, I do apologize for not writing sooner. \u00a0Or as much. \u00a0It’s not because I haven’t been writing – oh no. \u00a0I’ve been writing nearly every day for … Continue reading