Category: writing
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The Practice of Letting Go in Writing
I almost abandoned another story because I reached a point where I didn’t know what happened next. Luckily, after sea of false starts with past projects, guilt got the better of me and I wrote blindly into a scene that left me more or less satisfied. There were two lessons here. The first was that…
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Commitment Issues with Writing
How do authors commit to long pieces of writing? I struggle with this. I’m constantly beginning projects only to lose the romance in the early stages and begin looking elsewhere for a newer, sexier idea. Part of this is personality. I’ve shied away from long term relationships, whether romantic, platonic, or professional. I’ve pursued several…
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Prewriting and Notes
I’ve long struggled with a nagging emptiness when constructing a story beyond the initial setup. Someone could be hanging off a cliff by a fingertip, but it still felt hollow and uninteresting. I’ve learned that some larger theme that is indirectly tied to the events of the story is necessary to imbue events with significance,…
The Whale Belly 