Category: Writing
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R is for Rebound
Why Writing is Like a Relationship After you’ve parted ways with your story, you wander aimlessly for a little bit. Sometimes you take a goodly time to come around. You do your research before jumping into another big project. Other times a gorgeous idea grabs your face, sticks her tongue down your throat and says…
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An American History Question
So I’m working on this story, and I think “Ooooo, it would be nifty if I could add that little ditty to the story to give it a bit of zing.” The problem is, I remember reading it in my Junior Year High School Advanced Placement History Class, and can’t remember exactly how it goes…
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Q is for Quit
Why Writing is Like a Relationship No, this is not the same as getting kicked-out or breaking-up. In every relationship, you need to take a breather. You need to step back and do something else, alone, for a little bit. Perhaps this is to quell the psychotic rage building in your brain because your manuscript…
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P is for Procreation
Why Writing is Like a Relationship So you and your writing have settled down and it’s a Happily Ever After moment. Then your writing spawns offspring. What you thought was a one-off turned into an entire litter. “Where did this series come from?” you ask your writing. “And all these other stories? I don’t remember…
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O is for Opportunity
Why Writing is Like a Relationship When an opportunity knocks on the door of a relationship, it isn’t always a good thing.With writing, it’s especially hard to see these traps. You work so hard to get any kind of positive and meaningful validation with your work and suddenly, there it is. It’s easy to get…
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N is for Nightmares
Why Writing is Like a Relationship Nightmares trend towards 2 rough category subjects – something we fear happening to ourselves or something we fear happening to a loved one. I don’t think there is a parent out that hasn’t had at least one nightmare involving their little darling. Horrific, nasty ones they are, too. They…
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