A man who writes a story is forced to put into it the best of his knowledge and the best of his feeling. The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. A writer lives in awe of words for they can be cruel or kind, and they can change their meanings right…
Last week I read this tweet by Literary Agent Rachelle Gardner – “Please don’t submit your memoir until you’ve read 20 good memoirs and 5 books on writing memoir – and learned from them.” Since I’m writing a memoir and want to submit it soon, I started a list of all the memoirs…
“Writer’s write.” This is one of the pieces of advice Donald Miller gave today. He gave a speech, followed with a question/answer time at the Abilene Christian University Summit. It was streamed live online and I watched most of it. During the Q&A time, one question was, “What advice do…
Over the past few years, I have written a lot of words – I’ve written the SFD (borrowed from Anne Lamont) about our 6-month trip across the country, our accident in California, my ‘almost death’ and my recovery from severe injuries. Now I am in the middle of rewriting and…
Too many days this is how my attempts to write go …. “Usually, writers will do anything to avoid writing. For instance, the previous sentence was written at one o’clock this afternnon. It is now a quarter to four. I have spent the past two hours and forty-five minutes sorting…
Toe pain continues – feels best when leg is propped up. Slight black/blue coloring happening now. Didn’t go for x-rays – because even if it’s broken, there’s not much that can be done. Using a hard-soled boot I have from surgery last year (though I never wanted one – my…
“Of all those arts in which the wise excel, nature’s chief masterpiece is writing well.”