A Lack of Interest
I haven’t had a newspaper subscription since the early nineties. I occasionally buy the local paper, but it is usually because I want the car or the grocery ads or because I have some time to kill in a restaurant. I certainly don’t buy the local paper looking for journalistic excellence. For [...]
For You Hollywood types
Screenwriting is perhaps one of the strangest and most counter-intuitive careers in all of writing. Learning the ropes of that industry can be a challenge for anyone. John August, the screenwriter behind, Go, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Big Fish and Charlie’s Angels writes an excellent blog about screenwriting and the film [...]
“That’s no moon. It’s a space station.”
One of the mistakes many beginners make is that they try to emulate someone else’s voice. It is fine to love a certain poet or style, but when it comes to writing poetry, you have to realize that the only voice that will work for you is your own [...]
Often, people who want to write get bogged down when it comes to actually sitting down and writing. The time commitment and mental commitment that writing requires can be intimidating. Even professional writers can get bogged down by large, seemingly endless projects. Here are five tips to get you moving in the right direction:
Create [...]
Henry Rollins has had one of the most varied careers a creative performer can possibly hope for. He has worked as a singer/songwriter, spoken word artist, movie and television star, comedian, author and poet. While he had never achieved blockbuster success in any of his chosen fields, he never lacks for opportunities to work and [...]
You don’t have to send out query letters
Would you rather be writing articles or query letters? The process of querying publishers can take months and there is no guarantee that it will lead to a sale. With blogging, you spend your time writing actual articles (or stories or poems). You don’t spend your time trying [...]
Over the past couple weeks I have read and re-read The 4-Hour Workweek: Escape 9-5, Live Anywhere, and Join the New Rich, by Timothy Ferris. It is the sort of book that mixes advice with inspirational stories. Ferris is an entrepreneur who, after nearly killing himself by working 100 hour weeks, devised a method of [...]
