I was taking an English course, Utopian and Anti-Utopian Literature. Dr. K had given us an assignment. Go to the nearby museum of art and find three works that represent … Continue reading Keep Writing: Revision Is Magic
I have read in other blogs that writers should post their old works, even if they aren’t very good. Especially if they aren’t very good. I wrote this in 2014. … Continue reading I Turned My Eye
Getting out of bed to go to work is hard to do. I hate it every day. I dread it every night. No matter how good the day has been, … Continue reading Keep Writing: When It’s Hard
“They” say that you should tell other people what your goals are – that way you’ll feel some pressure to complete them. Maybe it’s the fear of failing in front … Continue reading Goals
Photo by Patrick Fore on Unsplash The first draft of everything is shit. Ernest Hemingway I keep coming back to this issue, this subject, the first draft, probably because my own are such … Continue reading Keep Writing: The Worst Draft
When I write of fathersThey are usually missing,In prison, on the lam,In witness protection –Not home, to be clear.They are unseen, yet omnipresent,Controlling the story’s unfolding,Like Bram Stoker’s Dracula. I … Continue reading When I Write Of Fathers
I have wasted another Sunday watching YouTube, playing time-wasters (videogames) and not writing. Nothing checked on my to-do list. If I don’t start working on something early on Sunday, as … Continue reading Every Single Sunday!
Photo by freestocks.org on Unsplash I don’t have writer’s block. I just don’t want to write. It’s not that can’t think of anything to write. I have been making lists for a couple … Continue reading I Don’t Want To Write
Photo by Deniz Göçmen on Unsplash If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time — or the tools — to write. Simple as that. Stephen King Note: this post … Continue reading Keep Reading
Photo by Patrick Tomasso on Unsplash It’s a cliche. It’s not about getting there; it’s about what you experience along the way. And, really, the value of tree-smelling (or it is rose-smelling?) has … Continue reading It’s About The Writing
Photo by Jordan Wozniak on Unsplash Okay. I am over the 10-post hump and now I’m ready to…. To what? This is the first time I’ve gotten this far. It’s all new territory … Continue reading Over The Hump
Photo by Jake Lorefice on Unsplash Fortunate are the writers who have found their place, that shady swath of grass, that quiet porch or perch, that charming coffee shop, favorite couch, comfy mound … Continue reading My Spot
