Putting story on paper, or finding the story within the block of stone.
Do you build a story to its completion? Or do you throw words on the page then chip away to reveal the story? Either way you are in good artistic company.
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Do you build a story to its completion? Or do you throw words on the page then chip away to reveal the story? Either way you are in good artistic company.
Read morePicasso drawing with light.
Read moreWe’ve talked about fear on Miss Demeanors and promised to delve more deeply into a topic familiar to most writers and all human beings. Indeed, there are countless bestselling books written about fear. Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway by Susan Jeffers, Daring Greatly by Brene Brown, and Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh are examples.
Writers seem to be particularly susceptible to fear. Fear of failure, fear the words will stop flowing, fear of bad reviews, fear of no reviews. Even fear of success. There are unlimited kinds of fear it seems.
I had a post prepared for today. It was about writer’s presenting their work in public. The dread of moving away from the desk and standing in front of an audience. Make no mistake, this is a legitimate fear.
Read moreThey have to have it: characters need flaws. But can it be too much?
Read moreIt’s that time of year. Everyone is talking summer and reading. What makes a “summer read” for you?
Read moreAuthentic Renoir. Girls on a Bench.
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