By guest blogger Raff Ellis
WHEN I UNDERTOOK the writing of my memoir, Kisses from a Distance, I didn’t know what I was getting into.
People have asked me why and how I decided to do it, what inspired me? After giving it a lot of thought, I’ve actually developed a lecture on that topic that [...]
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A Writer Kissed by Inspiration
10 Tips for Using the Fertile Material Writing Prompts
HAVE YOU EVER stared at a writing prompt—or a story idea you’ve jotted in a notebook—desperately wondering how to cure your Blank Mind Syndrome and actually write something?
Solution: As long as you actually make use of them, the ten tips below are guaranteed to spark you into writing mode.
You don’t have to use all [...]
Twiction Writer Spills the Beans on Midnight Stories
BEN WHITE is making excellent creative use of his Twitter stream as a writer.
For those not familiar with the social media site, on Twitter.com posts are restricted to 140 characters.
At first only knowing him as @midnightstories, I enjoyed the mystery being unveiled with each new post. Eventually, my curiosity got the better of [...]
Idea Avalanches, Procrastination & Getting Some Writing Done
KIMI ALEXANDRE is a writer, blogger, podcaster and the author of Guardians, a podcast novel.
Her blog, Tale Chasing, is for writers and readers of urban fantasy.
A recent post on Tale Chasing, entitled Drowning…, really opened a vein for me. Kimi was talking about a goal she didn’t fulfill for January and her issues [...]
Write There (Part II): Changing Gears as a Writer
WHEN YOU’RE CHANGING as a writer, you might change in big, BIG ways—but certain things about your personal style might need to stay the same.
Currently, I’m in the second category mentioned in Write There (Part I): that of changing both genres and platforms.
For the past nine years, I’ve developed and expressed my style [...]
Write There (Part III): Style Is Not a Mystery
I HAVEN’T CHECKED lately, but I’m sure there are scads of books out there designed to help you with the technical aspects of style. But we already know that’s not my forte, so here it is from a heart perspective:
Part of your style means doing it the way that feels good to you.
That may [...]
Your Screenplay Sucks!
This post has been moved to my new blog, Screenwriting in the Boonies
Milli Thornton is the author of Fear of Writing: for writers & closet writers. Find out more about the book at http://fearofwriting.com. Visit her blog at: http://millithornton.blogspot.com.
The Ways We Fraud Ourselves (Especially Writers?!)
Sandra Williams of Fort Worth, Texas kindly allowed me to publish the email she wrote after reading my post, “Do what makes you happy?” DUH! That post discusses my adventures and misadventures with the concept that says
“If you want to be a happy writer, do what you love.”
Sandra was also responding to a question I’d [...]
Rocky Balboa’s Speech to Writers
This post has been moved to Screenwriting in the Boonies
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Milli Thornton is the author of Fear of Writing: for writers & closet writers. Find out more about the book at http://fearofwriting.com. Visit her blog at: http://millithornton.blogspot.com.
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