Writing motivation during pandemics Shakespeare is arguably the most famous writer that has ever been. He also lived at a time and place that was more covered up with plagues and pandemics than has ever been seen in recorded history: Bubonic plague, which had a 50% survival rate if you were lucky and generally a …
Writing motivation lose control This is rule number two from the wonderful book Wild Mind and it is lose control. If you are already following rule number one which is keep your hand moving Lose Control If you are already following rule number one then rule number two follows along with it quite easily and …
Ok, here’s something that’s just plain silly. Occasionally things will be posted here that are just plain ridiculous. And why not? Aren’t we motivated to write whatever we want, when we want it? Or perhaps it might look like in this case that the force of cats taking over the internet is manifesting itself also …
Writing motivation be specific The third rule in the book Wild Mind: Living the Writer’s Life is in your writing motivation, be specific. The first example they give is don’t say car say “Cadillac” or whatever it is. It really helps to be writing with your hand moving and with the feeling of not being in …
If money is one of your main motivations for writing then it could very well be that writing song lyrics is the most lucrative, word for word, than any other form of writing, even beating out copy writing. The problem or the “gotcha” so to speak regarding writing song lyrics is that of course you …
What is this all about, “You are free to write the worst junk? Sounds like maybe it’s wasting time. But it’s not – here’s how it works. Let’s take a non-writing example first and then go from there. Let’s say that you encounter a puppy or a kitten in a field somewhere. You can tell …
As part of your writing motivation, what does it mean to go for the jugular? It means to go for what you really want to say right from the start, without any filter on it. No filter on your words, no filter on your emotions as they come out on the page. Hemingway said, “Write …
There is a classic writing tip that basically says “keep your hand moving when you are writing”. What this is all about is the difference between writing and editing. A lot of people try to edit their writing as they go along and that not only slows down your writing considerably but it also drastically …