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The question isn’t ‘Is it original?’, but ‘Is it yours?’
An article in the newspaper the other day gave me that uncomfortable feeling a lot of authors get at least once in a while — there’s my story (kind of) and now no one is going to think my book … Continue reading
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Tagged Shakespeare, writing craft, writing ideas
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The writing process: getting stuck on the detals
As we know, writers are frequently asked where they get their ideas. As we also know, and have discussed extensively on this blog, the answer is varied and endless. After years of being asked it, I have a fairly concise … Continue reading
Where do writers get their ideas? Try right outside your door
As anyone who reads this blog, or anything written by any writers anywhere, knows, one of the top questions for fiction writers is… wait for it… “Where do you get your ideas?” We’ve discussed this before. You know we have. … Continue reading
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Tagged AMHI, Augusta, Imagination, No News is Bad News, writers' imagination, writing ideas
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Watching true crime TV is good for your writing. Honest.
I have a lot of reasons for not getting far with my new book. Actually, I got semi-far, but the hard drive on my laptop died, and while I thought I’d saved the book to the cloud, I apparently didn’t. … Continue reading
