Writing Opinion
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Maintaining Essence
Sometimes, for the larger projects, I try to find a way to maintain the essence—the atmosphere, the theme, the way it makes me feel when I read and write it—and try to maintain it so that there are now shifts.… Continue reading
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“Just Making Stuff Up”: Character Depth (the surface)
JUST A REMINDER: this is a lot of my own writing process, and may not reflect the process of other writers. Art never has a manual when it comes to the way everyone does it, and so don’t let people… Continue reading
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My Relationship with the Romance Genre: It’s Complicated
I’ve always grown up disliking the romance genre, and it kinda became a habit. I didn’t mind reading romance in other genres, but despised anything where the girl’s focus was that boy—where the first one is usually a prick—and so… Continue reading
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All you have to do is make stuff up, right?
Some people marvel at the ability of other’s to write, and I didn’t understand that for a while. I have a friend who sometimes can’t wrap his head around writing and how you improve your skills for writing (pertaining to… Continue reading
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Reconciliation Week is ending, Reconciliation is not over
Reconciliation Week might end today, but it doesn’t mean it’s over. This week has been busy for me, across both jobs, but I’m happy that both have made an acknowledgement of this week. One occupation is for one of the… Continue reading
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When it’s so Eloquent it’s Foreign
A lot of people misunderstand me because I’m an aspiring writer and an avid reader. They assume that I’ve read all the “classic greats”, but I really haven’t. Now that I’m older, I do understand the importance of reading widely,… Continue reading
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Reading Writers on Writing
Recently, I’ve read mostly (and spoken to some) about the experiences of other writers and their perspectives on some things. I feel that writers are generally eager to help out other writers, and we really own the medium we have… Continue reading
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Writing with Receipts
There’s definitely something different about writing now that I’ve formally studied it (and have a degree to back up my “qualifications”) but I definitely don’t think it’s a MUST DO in order to become a professional novel writer. But, it… Continue reading
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It’s a Mess on the Page and Off, Really
Sometimes people ask me ‘how do you write?’ and I just stare at them like ‘-_- … what do you mean? … like … with a computer?’ But, what always surprises me, is that people who are not writers can’t… Continue reading
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