August 20th, 8:00pm – I’ve noticed writing is much harder if I try to create fiction playing off someone else’s style. Ideas happen when I write like… me. Follow your own direction.
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Diary of a bad writer – Week 45
August 12th, noon – I received an email from one of the editors of the magazine that published my fiction. “Got anything else?” After I picked myself off the floor, I happily responded that I was working on a new story and would get back to submissions. A moral of the story – Have faith in your work, but most…
Diary of a bad writer – Week 44
Feedback on my writing is positive. So are the comments. But what if they were not? I’ve learned that I can’t please everyone, (see week 36) so its best to write what pleases you. “If the book is true, it will find an audience that is meant to read it.” —Wally Lamb
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