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Digging Weeds from the Story Garden

Posted on May 19, 2019May 19, 2019 by Constance

Spring has sprung, the grass has riz, I wonder where my story is? There I was, skipping merrily down the path, sun shining, the birds maniacally tweeting, and my brand new sneakers soft and bouncy. The path ended abruptly. I smacked face first into a brick wall, bending my nose 20 degrees out of joint….

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And I Quote—

Posted on April 23, 2019April 23, 2019 by Constance

Quotes to feed your writer’s brain Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine and at last you create what you will. George Bernard Shaw Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. Seneca Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you. There was a reviewer a…

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On Berating My Obstinacy and Resolving to Try Something Different

Posted on March 30, 2019 by Constance

I reread my last blog post and thought, man, what mule-headed stubbornness. Is that really me? Turns out it is. So my goal the past few weeks was to do some research into what I disdain in writing advice, and find a way to give it a try. I researched some authors I like, that…

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Ignoring Writing Advice

Posted on March 14, 2019March 14, 2019 by Constance

Ignoring Writing Advice I’ve never been much for following the rules. Which may or may not be why it takes me a year or more to write a novel. There is so much advice out there on how to get started, how to write, how to edit, etc. that is sometimes contradictory. I’ve sifted through…

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