November will be here before you know it, along with an opportunity to hunker down and write the first draft of something new and exciting. And there’s still time to plan for success in reaching a 50,000 word goal within thirty days. Yes, I’m talking about the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge. Does the […]
Month: September 2013
Third Wednesday – The Prerogative for Using Purgative Pejoratives
In these Third Wednesday posts, the words and phrases under discussion have been seen in print. Yep, they have. Some make the reader groan aloud. Some make us laugh as our minds create an image of the misused word in the context of the scene. And there are those that make us weep… how could […]
Remembering
Today’s post has nothing to do with editing, or writing, other than that we write from our deepest experiences. And for all of us, 9/11 formed a cavernous, un-fillable loss, a memory of an experience we cannot release. I was preparing to leave the house, eager to get to an early Contemporary Woman class at […]
Under, Over, Around, or Through: Beating Writers Block
More than once in the past weeks I’ve heard writers say they’re blocked. They just can’t think of anything to write. Maybe they’re thinking too much. Maybe it’s all about perception. Because we understand how the human mind works, we know that there is no time during consciousness when our minds are entirely free of […]