Henry David Thoreau once wrote: “Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short.” Henry nailed it; writing short is more challenging than writing long. There is promise and magic inherent in the short story, but there are common common traps that waylay unwary writers.
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Authors Who Overcame Hardships and Still Kicked Butt … by Lori DeBoer
The road to publishing can take years to travel, and it comes with a steep learning curve. Sometimes, the obstacles to success seem insurmountable. Life gets hard.
Everyone has off periods, when your writing time gets waylaid by other responsibilities. And it’s a real kick in the teeth if, when you do finally find yourself in your writing chair, the work itself turns out to be hard going. Like hauling rocks.
No Need to Bleed: Painless Ways to Breach the Blank Page
By Lori DeBoer “It is easy to write. Just sit in front of your typewriter and bleed.” Ernest Hemingway likely wasn’t recommending that one literally open a vein. I think. Besides being dark and witty, this quote keeps coming back in different forms, attributed to disparate authors, because for most of us wordsmiths, it speaks…
Reading Like a Writer
By Lori DeBoer We read for many reasons—to be entertained, to be swept up in a story, to be transported into an interesting world, to laugh, to cry, to learn, to gain insight and to be inspired. But when we become writers, we need to read like a writer. We become active readers, slowing down…
The Winner of a Free Hour of Coaching from Lori DeBoer
Greetings everyone, Colorado author and blogger Dean K. Miller is the winner of one hour of coaching time from Lori DeBoer as offered in the January 9th post. Congratulations, Dean!