When I am away from my desk I cannot wait to return to it and handwrite something. But when I am at my desk with a blank sheet of paper before me I stare at her as at a naked girl, and my pen freezes, and I am afraid to touch her, for fear that … Continue reading The Love Affair of the Pen and Paper (Or the Daunting Blank Page)
Writers don’t build towers of stone – they are adventurers afraid of heights. They build towers of lies, to inspire those building towers of stone to build faster and build better, or to help those who lack the materials or the skills to build towers of stone to get an idea of how it feels … Continue reading Writing a Good Story Is Like Building a Tower of Lies
I write daily at least 500 unique words for my story, even on those days when inspiration is fickle, and the hand is heavy, and the head under the hat is dull, and the planet seems to rotate a little slower than usual. Many famous authors had a daily word count: Hemingway wrote between 500 … Continue reading Word Count For Writers
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