The Importance Of Music When Writing I’ve touched on this subject once before. At the risk of rehashing old material, I thought I’d go over this again. Why? Because you should never underestimate the value of music when you’re writing. I know, some people can’t concentrate without total silence. In my house, total silence is …
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Setting Selection One of the biggest decisions we make as authors when we prepare our next project is the setting. I know, that doesn’t sound like a big decision but believe me, it is. After all, it’s the backdrop in which your entire story will be written. Choosing the right setting can make or break …
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Chasing the Dream We’re all chasing something in life. For some of us, it the dream to be a successful writer. For others, it could be finding the perfect person to spend their life with. Others, maybe to make it as a band. It’s different for us all. For me, the goal has always been …
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Horror: Expectations versus Reality We’ve all seen movies and television shows, where the characters react in unrealistic ways. “Oh, no! The ax-wielding psychopath is chasing us! Let’s split up!” That’s just one example. We could all name more, but that’s just the big obvious one. Then there are other tropes of horror movies where certain …
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The Inevitable Tangent It’s happened to me on many occasions. I sit down to start working on a project and I get distracted. I find myself going off on a tangent. It’s easy to do. Hell, most of the time I don’t even realize I’m doing it. I feel like a cat sometimes, easily distracted …
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Writing Distractions I don’t think I need to tell anyone whose ever spent any time trying to write about this problem, yet here I am. One of the biggest problems with writing is distractions. They might come in the form of family duties, your “day job”, the internet, Facebook or other Social Media, YouTube, or …
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Hi, folks. DA here again…and it looks like I’m about to climb the old soapbox, once again. I think I’m going to go on a bit of a rant, here. There are some things that need to be said…both about the writing industry and about my own personal career as a writer…and I plan to …
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This is a bit of a touchy subject with some writers. Some of us take on this problem in different ways. I won’t go into who (if any) of us is right or wrong. The right way is however you decide to handle it. Just remember, you will have to be the one who deals …
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Where do I begin? I guess I'll begin by climbing back on to that soapbox that I was on with the last post. DA's a preachin', now. Bear with me while I rant on and on for a few, but I'll try to keep it on topic. Well, mostly on topic. I may ramble a …
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Just a bit of warning...I'm probably going to go on a bit of a rant here. So, FYI. My thoughts here are just that...my thoughts. Take them with a grain of salt. This is just how I feel about the subject and nothing more. I have the distinct feeling that some people may not like …
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