Whenever someone asks me what I write (and I get asked this quite often) I’m never sure how to respond. It’s only after a healthy period of awkward silence while I scour my brain for a good explanation of my writing that I come up with a brilliant answer like “I write fiction novels.” Phew! Crisis averted. It’s a good …
Writing Without a Plan
Gardeners and architects, two very different roles typically filled by two very different types of people. One works best by following a blueprint—a strict plan that shows him exactly what everything should look like before he builds it—the other works best by allowing things to take their natural course—tending to the needs of his plants, but not really trying …
Choose to Write
There is an old writer’s proverb that goes something like… “A good writer writes every day.” When I was first exposed to this idea I took it for granted, thinking that it only applied to professionals and people who made their living writing. After all, it made sense that professional writers wrote every day, that’s their job. I …