'The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time,' said Bertrand Russell. 'Unless you have a novel to write,' quoth Vincent Mars. 1. Reading about writing Books on writing are helpful, but I don’t think they can teach you how to create. They can show you common mistakes you are likely to make, and … Continue reading 7 Monstruous Activities That Devour a Writer’s Time
If you read the biographies of preeminent artists - writers, painters, musicians - you discover an encyclopedia of suffering. Some cut their ears, others drank their sorrows away, a few found life unbearable and ended themselves. Are artists born tormented souls? If some people are born with genes that make them prone to misfortunes, or … Continue reading Artists and Suffering
There is writing that is good and tickles the senses and soothes the heart and provokes the mind, and there is writing that is not so good. From my writing experience and from the books I’ve read and the interviews with authors I’ve listened to, first drafts tend to suffer from bad writing. Especially when … Continue reading A Novel Cannot Be Finished, Only Abandoned
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