Tag: writing process
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Not Being A Writing Failure
There are many tasks, many activities that are involved in the over arching thing called being a writer. Writing is the biggest part, of course. It’s the activity that the job is named after. It’s the verb associated with the noun. But when one wants to become a professional, many more tasks come to become…
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Done. Next!
Took me long enough. Yesterday (12/21/2020) in the early afternoon, a little more than four years since book 1, I finished what effectively is a rewritten 1st draft of the next chapter of “The Dangerous Life of Agnes Pyle”. By no means is the book ready. A lot of work is needed to get it…
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The Trick
The trick of blogging everyday… topics. It’s a skill that I have yet to master. Each day I sit in front of this computer, ready to write in theory, expecting to use the exercise of blogging to grease the wheels of creativity and motivation. Sometimes, a topic pops into my brain and I slog through…
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It Ain’t Easy
Writing is hard. Another morning is passing by as the only accomplishment that can be genuinely claimed is that the seat is warmed. The writer showed up to the job and then sat there… blank. Call it writer’s block or whatever, the fact is that one thing is true: writing is not easy. This isn’t…
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Quantity
Write more. That’s the goal. It’s always the goal. Even when it is crap, write even more. By doing so, the hope is that through all the detritus some precious ore will be discovered. Maybe.Every morning I get up, fart around for some time, then I finally get down to doing the dirty work: writing.…
Jeremy C Kester 