Never, ever show anyone a work in progress. Or, as Stephen King said, write with the door closed. Ideally, fanfic writers won’t start posting until they’ve completed the story – but I know that’s wishful thinking. Why do I say that? Because unless you’ve got mental shields more impenetrable than Captain America’s shield Drug and… Continue reading A Bit of Advice to Writers
Category: Writing Musings
A Moment of Calm
This weekend is a moment of calm in a bunch of busy weekends, and those busy weekends are only going to increase as the holiday season kicks into full gear. I’m making use of the lack of outside commitments to get some housework done – decluttering, a deep cleaning, the usual. GRIN With a little… Continue reading A Moment of Calm
Ginny Weasley
Apparently, I’m on a Harry Potter roll lately… One thing about writing Harry Potter fanfiction, at least for me, is spending so much time going over things in the books (the only true canon; the movies are secondary canon; everything else is tertiary – all my opinion Ensuring too main and respiratory prescription prescribers, pertaining… Continue reading Ginny Weasley
Resistance
So I’m working on “Child of Iron, Goblet of Fire,” and it has been fighting me every step of the way – from two false starts before I found the “right” one, to tortured justifications for Harry returning to Hogwarts, to … well, just about everything you can think of stopping someone? “Child” has thrown… Continue reading Resistance
Raymond Chandler on Writing Craft
I just discovered a quote from Raymond Chandler that encapsulates something I’ve been feeling personally, but had no idea it might be a universal – or even that more people than I might feel like this. It came about after yet another bout of writer’s doubt brought on by reading too many books/blogs on writing.… Continue reading Raymond Chandler on Writing Craft
Writing Original Fiction and Fanfiction
Heinlein’s Rules keep coming back to haunt me: You must write. You must finish what you write. You must refrain from rewriting, except to editorial order (Harlan’s addendum: and then only if you agree). You must put your writing on the market. You must keep your writing on the market until it’s sold. Robert J.… Continue reading Writing Original Fiction and Fanfiction
