Lately I’ve been feeling bored of myself. Uninspired by my own writing. I also know that this feeling — the “meh” that comes over me when I look at what I’ve already written — is a form of my resistance. Our love of writing is less about words and sentences than we may think. It’s… [Read More]
What Personality Type Is Your Character?
Try using personality types as a kind of scaffolding when you set characters in scene. Put them together and see how they are different, and where they are similar. When I was exploring Eleven and Lilian’s characters in my novel Radiant Shimmering Light, I made notes on their Myers-Briggs personality types. Lilian is an INFP,… [Read More]
Digital Minimalism
I was reading Cal Newport’s new book, Digital Minimalism, and after a few chapters, I realized oh hey! I’m a digital minimalist. …for each optional technology that you’re considering re-introducing into your life, you must first ask: Does this technology directly support something that I deeply value? This is the only condition on which you… [Read More]
Filtering.
You’ve written a piece that feels tight, polished, and ready. You’ve revised it so many times. There aren’t any typos or POV slips — it’s clean. Your writing group loves it. You’ve been sending it out. But for some reason, it keeps getting rejected. What are you missing? Well, maybe nothing. Stories get rejected way… [Read More]
Mediating
Sometimes we mediate our scenes by explaining what they mean for our characters, instead of letting the details do the work on their own. Mediating is similar to abstraction — it’s another way writers use language to try to control how a story will be received and understood, instead of letting readers come to their… [Read More]
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