Visceral Writing
I use the word “visceral” often to describe writing, or, at least, a certain kind of writing. What, exactly, do I mean by that word? Webster’s On-Line dictionary defines visceral thus: vis cer al adj. \’vi-sə-rəl, ‘vis-rəl\ felt in or as if in the viscera : deep “a visceral conviction” not intellectual : instinctive, unreasoning [...]
Post 31 on Connie Green’s 30 Day Challenge – Having an Idea
As most of you may already know (or wondered, seeing all the posts for the last month being numbered for some reason,) a month ago I accepted Connie Regan Green’s challenge to write 30 blog posts in 30 days. Being a bit of a show-off, I’m doing 31. Did I know I would complete the [...]
Literary Speed Bump
Many of you have been following Geoff on his 30-Day Challenge journey, supporting him with compliments and, sometimes, criticism. Yes, the criticism has been supportive. That is something which is often very difficult for writers to accept, especially a beginning writer. When I began writing stories, I wanted people to read them and say, “wow! [...]
Post 9 – Don’t Leave Your Ego at the Door
In our free writing guidebook, On Writing With a Partner, we take to task the people who tell you to “leave your ego at the door” when you come in to a creative session with other writers. For a writer to enter the creative environment having left his ego to wait like an expectant father, [...]
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