Tag: Writing Process

My Writing Process #3/4: The Rewrite Phase – Step 2 “Making a List, Checking it Twice, or…”

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In true procrastination form, I have waited exactly two months to post this update today on my rewrite phase. Gosh I'm "good" aren't I ?! (*bitter laugh*) Okay I'm not going to apologise for this tardiness because the truth is, this was such an "easy" step that I almost forgot to blog about it. Instead, … Continue reading My Writing Process #3/4: The Rewrite Phase – Step 2 “Making a List, Checking it Twice, or…”

Reasons why writers write? Same as why not everyone’s suited to a writing life

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There comes a time when writers will inevitably ask THE question: Why choose a writing life? I've no idea, and I'm not alone. No less a giant in the literary world than George Orwell himself once said: “All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery." … Continue reading Reasons why writers write? Same as why not everyone’s suited to a writing life

Of Chips, Remote & Writer’s Pause – The Reluctance of Rewrite

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I’ll be perfectly honest: I have writer’s pause. Wait, you say. Don’t you mean writer’s block? Nope. Apparently there is no such thing as writer's block. At least not according to Marion, my writing coach. You can read her take on it here. There is, though, a reluctance to rewrite. At least for me. So, rather … Continue reading Of Chips, Remote & Writer’s Pause – The Reluctance of Rewrite

Call Me a Writer or Call Me a Fool – just don’t Call Me By Your Name

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Roald Dahl once said: "A person is a fool to become a writer. His only compensation is absolute freedom. He has no master except his own soul, and that, I am sure, is why he does it." Now is Mr Dahl calling me a fool, a freedom fighter, or a slave to my soul? Or … Continue reading Call Me a Writer or Call Me a Fool – just don’t Call Me By Your Name

My Writing Process #2/4: The Rewrite Phase – Step 1 “Shake, Rattle & Roll”

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And so the rewrite begins. I started chronicling my writing process with a post I made last week, one that recounted the first phase of my process - the decision, design and discipline that helped me complete my first draft manuscript earlier this month. That first phase of my writing process I called "The Deadline … Continue reading My Writing Process #2/4: The Rewrite Phase – Step 1 “Shake, Rattle & Roll”