Here’s a great post from The Write Practice blog to help relight your writing pilot light, especially if you are a professional with deadlines.
Category Archives: psychology
Storytelling Basics: Tragedy
Here’s another in a terrific series of posts summarizing basic plots on The Write Practice blog. For a quick review of the bottom line of storytelling, take an hour or so and review the basic plots covered on the site. It may save you years of learning the hard way.
Thoughts on Creativity, Meds, Normalcy, and the Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2013
A conversation at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference spurs reflection from a psychologically-attuned attendee. Click on the link below.
Reflections on PPWC’s 21st conference: Fumbling Toward Normalcy | 1600 Words A Day.
From Jonathan Gunson: How to Stop Fiddling and Finish That Book
Here’s some great advice about overcoming fear and rediscovering the joy of writing.
Don’t Let Rejections Keep You from Writing or Submitting
I haven’t been rejected much lately, but just because I haven’t submitted much. I’m still working on my novel and I have a terrific assignment.
I’ve looked at my old picture book manuscripts, and most of them just don’t work for the current market. I have a new one that’s close, but I won’t have time to work on it this week.
Anyway, back to rejections. Everybody who sends work out gets them, even famous award-winning writers. I’ve come across some great posts on the subject that are worth sharing.
Thursdays with Amanda: Rejections Don’t Determine Your Worth as a Writer | Chip MacGregor .com.
For Lasting Success, Take Care of Yourself, Writers
Health advice for writers.
The Only Person Like Him in the Whole Wide World
Here’s an author who has built a career on his very unique background and his amazing special interest. (I discovered him on Twitter this morning.) What is your unique set of interests? How can you share it in your books?
Amazon.com: Teodor Flonta: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle.
Emotional Connection: The Writer’s Holy Grail
If your story does not touch the emotions of your reader in some way, it will not last. In order for this to happen, it has to be important, emotionally, to you. Here’s a great post about how to make that happen.
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Be a Confident Writer
I have learned so much since I started collecting and sharing blog posts here on One Way to Wonder. Writers are so generous on the Internet. As author Kristen Lamb points out in her blog, so are business gurus and publicity people. In this practical essay, she points out things confident and successful writers don’t do. Warning: you may blush.
7 Things Confident Writers Don’t Do | Kristen Lamb’s Blog.
Oops! There’s Nothing Wrong with Your Character
I am sharing this here because I want to be able to find it again myself. It is a great chart of facinating flaws for story people.
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