Tag: Writing
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my job is not to chicken out
It may not be normal, per se, but obviously it’s what you have to do. And this light went on, like, It’s going to be as hard as it needs to be, and my job is to not chicken out.
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New Novel Draft Done!
As I mentioned on Twitter the other day, I finished a draft of a new novel. YAY!!! It’s only a rough draft of what was once a short story that was trying to do too much and now may well be a novel that’s doing *just* enough. At the beginning of the year, I took…
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Wants // Fears // Obstacles
Wants ‘Writing updates’ as a genre provide such a dopamine kick. (Particularly on social media but you also enjoy telling your very patient and supportive girlfriend, too.) You have no “following” but simply writing something about the routine of writing, how it’s going well or badly, dispatches into the vast space of The Net provides…
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too much of a good thing
I’m a fiend for writing advice. A goddamn fiend. I love reading about the craft of writing. Whether it’s how to plot successful stories, craft great characters, or even honing and sharpen sentences–I’m all in. However, I know myself well enough to know when I’ve had too much of a good thing. Yesterday I reread…
Jonathan Cosgrove 