Category: Writing
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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…
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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…
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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…
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M is for Marriage
Why Writing is Like a Relationship Oh, please. Don’t act shocked. I’m a woman using relationships as a metaphor. Of course “marriage” is going to work its way into the conversation somehow. But for the purposes of this post, marriage is not the ceremony nor the commitment. Marriage is what…
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