A recent Medium post of mine about “dry drunk syndrome” helped trigger a relapse.
First, this blog post is, as the title suggests, for thrifty bloggers. SEO ninjas and the folks who can…
THE GOVERNOR, THE FATHER, AND THE MURDERER
The state of Texas executes its condemned around six o’clock p.m. Minutes before six on February 22, 2018, Governor Greg Abbott commuted the death sentence of Thomas Bartlett Whitaker to…
Mohsin Hamid challenges multiple Muslim stereotypes in his award-winning novel, Exit West. Here’s how in 6 steps.
From all appearances Danielle Smith was a good agent. She started out at Foreword Literary, moved to Red Fox in 2014…
Every once in a while, leaders need to deliver speeches in front of an audience. It…
My conversation with the co-writers of the movie BlacKkKlansman.
Writer’s block sucks.
I’ve just had a bit of a lightbulb moment in the shower.
When I first started learning copywriting, Neville Medhora recommended I read The Boron Letters. The letters were…
Can we learn something from slogging through bad screenplays?
By the end of your story, one of the primary character traits your protagonist should exhibit is…
“Haloo!”
Teleponku telah diangkat olehnya. Mendadak aku tidak karuan. Senang bisa kembali mendengar suaranya…
Write some scenes. Win a great prize.
For the sixth straight year, August is Scene-Writing Month here at Go Into The Story. Every Monday-Friday, I will upload a post with a scene-writing prompt. Each day, write a scene per those guidelines…
We were strolling around downtown Scranton during the summer of 2006, the summer I turned fifty. Our close friend…
The Kelly Metz writing award hung on a wall, across from the principal’s office at Our Lady of Pompeii catholic grammar school. Under 1994, engraved on a shiny gold plate, read “Nicole S. Schuman.” The school closed in 2016 due to low enrollment and cutbacks in the Buffalo Diocese…
Here is how the submission process currently works.
There are no fucking vampires, wizards, murderous clowns, spunky, plucky, or…
After sending out a round of pitches for different contributor positions, I woke up the next morning…
Hello Havenites (Haveners? Havenots?)!
Ever felt like writing a tech blog? Yeah me too. My problem was, I never really knew how to…
“Yes, this is Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California. It’s about 5 0'clock in the morning. That’s the homicide squad, complete with detectives and newspaper men. A murder has been reported from one of those great big houses in the ten thousand block. You’ll read about it in…
I’m a writer. Yeah that’s what I do, I write. Until recently I had never really thought of its essence. I had only valued it as an outlet for my emotions; a channel for the so many thoughts always jumbled in my head. See it’s a beautiful world we live in and more beautiful is it to share in the Creator’s…
Scene 1
INT. FARMHOUSE LIVING ROOM — LATER
As the party swirls around them, Max and Murph are standing by the wall leading into the kitchen.
Both are nursing half empty beers and look like they have not much left to say.
What do you do when your pen won’t move because it no longer feels the…
There is no poetry when the actual ghosts of your past haunt your dreams. When you are scared to close your…
In his great short story titled Funes, His Memories, Jorge Luis Borges talks about the eponymous protagonist, bed ridden, and completely incapable of forgetting anything. Funes remembers all the stars in the sky, all the books ever written and many other things I have…
Since we metI wear a purple tearOn my neck;It firstLooked like a pearBut now that you leftIt only makes me cry
It is ’93 and Mary-jane is working at the Librarian’s desk. She is stamping books at such a speed she reminds us of a machine.
Mary-jane who is 24 appears to have one eye on the books in front of her and one eye on everyone else. Cerberus of the Library…
This covers a great many everyday situations, such as “I’m going to Beijing”, “I went to eat lunch” etc. etc. But how about when the focus is more on the departure itself? Travel at China!
No subject is terrible if the story is true, if the prose is clean and honest, and if it affirms courage and grace under pressure.- Ernest Hemingway in Woody Allen’s Midnight in Paris (2011)
Mental health days turn into weeks,turn into months.
How, Who, What & Why Behind The Author.F
The Best Friendship…
22.39 pm
You may hate this article because it is one of my 5 minute articles. Actually this is my second one. Actually I think i am going to give myself 7 minutes just…
On Fridays, Gotham Writers Workshop has a write-in. They give you a prompt and you write. The prompt one day was “make it up as you go along”.
What a great prompt this is, especially for someone who likes stream of consciousness writing. I mean, no one…
“So what’s going on with your writing?”
It’s a question that can be answered so many ways.
I stopped, obviously. That’s the answer. You know this, and I know that’s not what you’re asking. You’re asking why. “Why…
One thing i have learned about being a writer in the comic book world is that you wont be as in demand as a illustrator or colorist would. From my experience the best way to have any kind of demand for being a writer in comics is to have a history of writing your own stories…
I can personally vouch for a lot of these takeaways.
Having recently enrolled in Anthony Moore ‘s ‘Wealthy Writer’s’ course, I’m a firm believer in “investing in yourself”.
Some takeaways I’ve come to value from Anthony Moore ‘s course already:
This is so true!
And this applies to any writing: fiction, non-fiction, a book, a blog post, news article, or anything really.
For the writing that I do, I generally don’t have a 4–6 week runway. But for shorter pieces (<2500 words), even just giving yourself a full 24–48 hours can make all the difference.
In previous “Behind the Scenes” articles, I have shared my preference of using my…
Journal - a daily record of news and events of a personal nature; a diary.
“Elizabeth you know I love you, I did this for you!” shouted Robert Dudley “You didn’t have to kill her!” Elizabeth was so frustrated with him.
2 days earlier At Palace of Placentia, Greenwich; Where Elizabeth grew up. She was having a conversation with…
Achava que havia feito a melhor descoberta do mundo semanas atrás. Uma newsletter que condensa todas as notícias que você precisa saber em quatro categorias: política, cotidiano digital, cultura e viver. Um e-mail por dia, sem contar os fins de semana, de alguns poucos parágrafos e já posso…
IT IS A MIRACLE I’VE LASTED THIS FAR
Each day I’m trying to figure things out.What’s the reason behind my life?Why am I still existing up to now?but the…
I am a very varied person with lots of interests that aren’t always related and I tend to cycle through them in a manor that is not entirely efficient. I’ve always wanted to build a cohesive identity online but it’s always been an optimization problem: how should I…
Do you want to write but just can’t get started? Frustrated of staring at a blank page, not being able to pen down your thoughts? Story writing could be hard but still write the story you want to write, express yourself vividly.
I had a small talk with my flat mate.
In his generation children used to ask their parents for something from the trees or something they could do together.
Things ( material things ) they could only imagine having as a child is already owned by the children by our generation.
You can’t be someone other than you. No amount of manipulation will change who or what you are. This is the biggest reason to put your…
“How are you even out of jail it’s only been 2 years at most!” Exclaimed Ben
“I’ve been sending you clues everywhere you walk,” Eustace said with an evil smirk on his face.
I also love the book, Lindsay, but found that the morning pages practice didn’t work for me. I am not a morning person, and even when I rise early due to work and other responsibilities, I struggle to get going. So, I changed morning pages to night pages and had great success with them. In fact, I found that night pages allowed me to process and…
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What do you mean by Professional Dissertation editing services? there is this stigma around dissertations that…
Our occasional inspiration Veep has a book out. Yes, an actual book, that you can read…
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Simply Incredible.
Charlotte
The spider weaves a web, adapted to its location and spun in a pattern, simple or complex. Once the web is woven, the work is done. The spider has no need to hunt. She simply waits for the next lady to fall into the barely visible strands. Down the rabbit hole she tumbles wearing Doc Martens and bubblegum lipstick…
Dear Nobody
I am often interrupted when I try to write….
Five Summers 4/15
you know nothing gets donewhen it’s raining heartsA quick glance from the sun to the moon…
“Publishing a book of poetry is like a drop of water in the ocean”.
“You could call this a poem”.“You’ve got this, you are a writer”.“This sucks. But it is a good place to start”.
I love your point about success taking time — every “overnight” success you’ve ever heard of has months or years of work behind it.
And yes, writing is a skill and can be improved over time!
I’m lucky enough to earn a living writing and editing, but it took time and work and effort.
Thanks!
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When I was a boy I always wanted a dog to play with, but dogs were never permitted in our household. My father…
These glimpses you provide, Erika, are such valuable teaching tools.As Randy has pointed out, people who don’t see or experience the effects of depression, the bipolar spectrum and anxiety often struggle to understand what it all really means. And even for those of us who do experience our own varieties of mental health shenanigans… it can still be…
In every stroke of inkOver thin sheets of paperTrapped in the vacuum of wallsLives a Writer’s heartIt beats without purpose, bleeds…
The last couple months have been fucking insane. At some point I stopped writing this blog because I was in the midst of working at the American Dance Festival, which means sometimes I was working from 7:30am-7:30pm PLUS attending shows. It was great. I loved it. It was a lot of work and…
Rejuva Brain is steadily becoming less prevalent. I have certainly no clue what Rejuva Brain is or what it does. I’m going to show you why Rejuva Brain…
This is so very true, Anthony. If every day you wake thinking, “today I am going to be better than yesterday” that’s a whole other mindset than what many folks think — “OMG, another f***cking day” or worse, “what is going to go wrong today?”
You’ve got a great blueprint for people to be successful here in this post, thank you very much for being willing to share it with us.
slowly, read this poem as you walk down the roadin a hurry, don’t skip a line, or two, or to the end
Your idea rings true, this is why such books as “Hillbilly Elegy” has been such a hit with readers. A story of over coming hardships and hope for possibilities that readers can imagine for themselves.
I posted your article on to my LinkedIn feed.
Rox of Spazhouse, Intuitive Research
I’m not saying clap for content you don’t like, but if you read something you like — from anyone —…
No matter how advanced you become, I think it’s important to continuously work at your art. We should never stop learning and experimenting so it’s great that you’re pushing yourself in that regard.
That was a great story and you deserve all the attention that it’s garnered =)
Story time!!
This article is the absolute best advice. Discipline. And Focus. Develop it. Write. Every. Single. Damn. Day.
…and loving, John.
My physician father penned each of his twenty-six books on yellow legal pads (though his penmanship was far from elegant like yours). I can still hear the scratch scratch scratch of his fountain pen and smell the familiar scent of his pipe smoke.
Age takes hold of flesh and somehow beauty appears monstrous.
We bump into each other on the streets, we meet during lunch break exchanging glances— you on the bus and me while waiting for the light to turn from red to green — , and we grab a bite at different tables in the same place at…
Writing is an art. Every teacher and parents want their child to learn the art of writing to improve their language skills as well as their marks in every subject. That is why English writing is…
Thanks Dene for the funny and thoughtful piece you wrote. I’m wondering about the clap for everything but then I think about encouragement. That’s important. It’s kind of like tipping. The amount is based on the level of service. I always tip.So why not apply the same principle here? I am happy to give your writing the clap and spread the love.
This is what encourages them to search unique tips tosucceed in it. However, there are some issues you need to avoid when drafting and writing your essay. When these things are not taken into…
My fellow writers
In my experience a blank sheet of rectangular looking paper can be excitingly great and meaningfully frightening. Almost every writer will definitely agree with me (although some will disagree ) for/to me that's true. As for now, my tongue lashes across the station of my fm dash-joy band, it would be as if…
My hope is never lost, my brother. It is just an acknowledgment of fact. It is up to people like us who resonate and vibrate a different message. One of truth and hope to inspire and contribute. I believe we can do just that.
Much respect sir.
Inspiring af Shannon Ashley . Thank you for sharing this tonight. I needed it!🙇♀️
Another sleepless night
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wrong hour
In conclusion, college is a scam. A grand heist that tricks young, desperate souls seeking their calling into several…
Stationery for Office Supplies and school are totally important to keep the work environment going. For a productive and fruitful work environment, it is vital to have the correct decision of office supplies and stationery. There may…
A detonation tore through the heavy calm of the night. few moments later, a stiff body fell on the cold, wet floor of the…
The Delivery Man
By ten past, the train was still late.
A portion of the conveyance courses aren’t on a guide, and Amazon has depended on the neighborhood learning of the conveyance…
You’re right. I have a ton of articles that I released because I don’t think they are good enough. Time to get to work! Thanks for sharing.
I understand, Doris. My husband came with me last year and is coming with me again this year. Last year was my first writers conference — ever. I hadn’t flown in a plane at all until after I was married. I’ve flown by myself now a few times. Firsts are always the hardest. I look forward to meeting you!!
Thanks for sharing.
by Dwayne Phillips
Please hire some editors in your business. They are needed in many more ways than most persons expect.
This is a post about editors — the human variety who read and change what others write.
I am wrapping up in reading articles. I do have the habit of swotting up on the materials or hit the books the night before the exam. Now i see it more of unproductive than the opposite. Now i choose to learn a few English words a day, review them after 24hrs, 48hrs and double mutiply that time.
