I submitted that story I wrote on Thursday, to Fireside fiction. I fixed it up some and got a bit of feedback, but there isn't much time as they are only open for submissions for a week at a time here and there. Excited to hear back from them! I have a good feeling about …
Notice things
I find that I often am oblivious to things right next to me. I spend way to much time in my head, thinking about anything other than what I'm doing and where I am in the moment. Lately I've been making a conscious effort to notice the things around me. What objects are near me? …
Repulsive beings
I'm still reading The Talented Mr. Ripley and the character, Tom, has now murdered someone and is in the process of taking over their life. The descriptions of him trying on the persons clothes, shoes, jewelry, is somehow disgusting. I don't know what it is in the writing that gave me this uneasy feeling of …
Skip to the end
This is now my writing strategy. I've been thinking 'what's next?' for a long time, and I don't know what's next but I do know what the end is. SO... why not just, go there? So I will, and see what happens. I can always insert more stuff later.
So slow oh no
Remember when I was excited about writing quicker? 20k words, hooray, I thought. Well, that was nearly two months ago... and I've only written 5k words since then. What is happening?? I think one important thing is knowing what your goal is. I ran out of things I was sure about, and had to manufacture …
Jonas David 