Posts tagged writers
Posts tagged writers
Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I’ll go a step further. You must be bisexual.
(via papercranechronicles)
‘Pin the Manuscript on the Publisher’ is a lesser-known writing game. Firstly, you need to find a street on which a publishing house is based. Next, stand on the pavement with your manuscript (unstapled) on a particularly windy day. Wait for a literary fellow to emerge for their lunchtime Subway, and let go of your manuscript like Anna Paquin in Fly Away Home. If you’ve judged it correctly, several pages should stick to the person’s face, thus attracting their undivided attention to it.
Also, in the event that they read your manuscript and have the nerve to reject it, read How to respond to a Rejection Letter. It’s funny!
remember my goal of 1,498?
I just hit 1,811 and I can’t stop.
This may be good. I’m worried I’ll get too attached to it and won’t want to sell it. Which is silly because why should I publish something online free if I can get money for it?
If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have time to write.
There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.
Stephen Ambrose
We’ve all heard accomplished authors say that the best thing for writers to improve their craft is to read widely.
When deadlines loom and life gets hectic, reading can be one of the first things to fall off the radar. Especially reading for pleasure.
Recently, I stumbled upon an online book club of fellow food bloggers and jumped at the chance to join them.
I will reach 1,498 words on this project by the end of today. Right now: 498. Distracted by Tumblr every: 2 minutes. How far I will get if that continues: 501 words. Wish me luck.
writing for money > > writing for free > > writing text posts on tumblr
unfortunately, what I feel like doing goes the other way around.
