( Identity of a Writer )

Stole this from chasingvertigo because I love writing meme's and this one is particularly good. :)

( Let the Questions Begin )

The other week I picked up some writing manuals from the library. I don't read them often but I do enjoy a good writing book. There's something about them that just gets me fired up to write, write, write. And any motivation is good motivation, right?

Anyway, yesterday I cracked one open: The Plot Thickens by Noah Lukeman (the fact that the author's ( Read more... )

So, I'm really supposed to be preparing two chapters of my novel for workshopping in class next week, but I just can't be bothered. You'd think I'd then move on to the assignment I have for one of my other classes, but I can't be bothered doing that either. I have this battle with myself every Wednesday, which is my day off. I have the whole day to ( Read more... )

One of the phrases I remember from my childhood is: "Marie, do you really need that new toy?" Well, no, but I wanted it anyway. Who knew that I'd revisit the same phrase years later in terms of my writing?

Over the last few weeks, I've been doing a great deal of editing short stories (namely 'Fetters', a competition entry) and restructuring my novel ( Read more... )

So I got this from over at plagiarismhaven and decided to give it a go. Enjoy.

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What’s the last thing you wrote?

A response to a writing prompt in class the other day. The prompt was: ‘Your main character is on a train going back to their childhood home. Write a scene merging their memories with description of the train around them.’ Before that, the last thing I ( Read more... )