Obviously, I have been ignoring LJ for a while. This is sad-making. The main reason is Dayjob, as it so often is. Pretty much I get home and the last thing I want to do is be on the internet. My writing computer is not hooked up to the net (yes, everything gets backed up by hand ( Read more... )

There were a number of good posts from writers in the blogosphere last week, so please forgive me not being able to keep track of who said what bit of brilliance ( Read more... )

AUGH, I HATE ENDINGS.

Really, I just suck at them. I tend to sort of peter off and just let the story stumble to a halt.

I really should do "rocks fall, everyone dies" sort of endings. At least then it's a definitive ending.

This sums it up nicely:


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sksperry has a discussion of writer's block here.

I find writing fiction very difficult. I am in awe of writers who can come up with 1000+ words any day, much less every day. When I'm on, I can do 1000 words in a little over an hour, but...

The hard part is flipping the switch to "ON" at all. I can sit down and start writing, and it is unbelievably ( Read more... )