I was surfing around on the internet the other day, looking on writing blogs, and I found something that was surprisingly encouraging. It was a comment by Muneraven on one of the pages of a really interesting blog called DeepGenre, and here is what it said:
Tag: Thoughts and Reflections
addicted to writing
That’s right. But the cool thing is that I think my story is getting better…
Thoughts on Writing Groups
It’s been really interesting to compare my experience with the Quark writing group with the writing group in English 318. There really is a lot of contrast between the two, and that’s helping me to understand what works and what doesn’t, and what writing groups are good for and not so good for…
I was wrong…
I have come to a realization about self-consciousness and writing…
A new hypothesis on the infrequency of dating
I ran into a friend / old roommate at the library just now. He greeted me by saying “so, you’re as lame as me for not being on a date Friday night?” He then proceeded to give a very interesting hypothesis as to the meaning of this…
Man! I need to FOCUS!
Just a rant on the negative aspects of my usual disorganized mode of existence…
Thoughts on Arts and the Spirit of the Lord
My friend Andy wrote on her blog about this really powerful and influential talk by Boyd K. Packer about Mormonism and the arts. I haven’t read this talk before, and all I can say is: wow. Well, actually, that’s not all I can say, because I’m about to blog about it…
Researching publishers and a new novel from an old story
I didn’t do a whole lot of writing today, just a little bit in my story for English 318. I did, however, research some markets and give out Decision LZ150207 to some beta readers. I’m also starting to figure out some new plans for my story The Clearest Vision…
editing editing editing
I took a break from The Lost Colony tonight to edit two of my short stories, The Clearest Vision and Decision LZ150207. I want to send both of those out to contests in the near future, so I want to polish them up and send them out. I’m really optimistic about it.
Yay! And, simultaneously, uh oh!
So, I wrote 1,181 words in the novel today, just by focusing on it and getting it done, and I was really satisfied with the result! The more days I have like this, the more confident I am that this novel is working out well and that it might not completely suck by the time… Continue reading Yay! And, simultaneously, uh oh!