Tag: writerslife
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A Brief Struggle
I’ve been struggling with this story that I am writing. Thus, for the last two days I’ve missed my targets. Doubt is creeping in as a result. It’s happened plenty times before and I am certain that it will happen again. This is only temporary. But to dismiss it as such will also be a…
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Easy
There is no easy way out. There’s no shortcut. There’s no single trick that will resolve the issue. There’s no one-step to success. Simply put: we have to put the work in. One of my favorites in this realm was the ol’ “5-Minute Abs” program from the 80s or 90s (I’m too lazy at the…
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Shorter; Pithier
Is pithier even a word? According to the evidence I have, yes, although in my eyes as I write the word, and in my brain as I hear it, the word sounds wrong. Like it shouldn’t exist. Yet here I am writing it, using its meaning. Like with my “Free Fiction Friday” stories, where I…
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Thoughts On (Blog) Writing
On the heels of my post, “The Practice”, it has come time to admit that like normal, my desire to keep up with things on this site has started to wane. Writing itself isn’t the problem. What it comes from is the energy used to think about what I want to write about and post…
Jeremy C Kester 