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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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I’m Sleepy
It might be because of the Covid19 situation, but I’m just sleepy all the time. It’s probably a combination of poor diet, the mask suffocating me and lack of diverse stimulation in real life. There’s so much that I can… Continue reading
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Editing an Old Flame
I have two projects I’m meant to be editing, and I am currently editing neither of those. When I was experimenting with different genres, I started writing The Baker and the Accountant. The title is just to remind me what’s… Continue reading
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Not so Quiet
The only thing I miss from having to start at 3 or 5am is the serenity of the mornings. It isn’t quiet. I still hear the main roads, the sound of trucks. But it’s mostly the birds talking, and the… Continue reading
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August
I woke up late today, and my neck hurts. Was it my pillow? Was it because I slept in? Was it because I stared at a TV and computer screen all day yesterday? Who knows. It’s just made me think… 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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Characters Over Stories
Sometimes, I think there are projects that I start where I prefer one aspect over the other. I really love creating characters, sketching them and writing some scenes and sometimes not even really writing up a story around them, just… Continue reading
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Here’s your feed reminder to write!
I have most of the day to myself and so I’m looking to make some real progress before my work week starts back up. At some point today I do have to sacrifice some of that writing time to do… 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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I dont know what to write about
I dont know what to write about, So here’s a poem, But I think I’ve done this before, But my memories do roam, So maybe I have not? But I don’t think that’s quite right, Because I often sit down,… Continue reading
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