Find the Truth
Posted on 7 November, 2019 by Stamphers
Have you ever come across the notion that writing in first person is bad? Of course, people can like whatever they want but I suspect they don’t like it because they were told to. Somebody told them that adverbs are bad, that cliches are…
Category: About WritingTags: advice, amwriting, authors, writers, writers life, writing
Posted on 4 October, 2019 by Stamphers
I still hold that Lord of the rings is the greatest fantasy story ever written, at least among those that I have read, and I often wonder why? Why does Tolkien’s story still hold up? It’s far from perfect and you know what will…
Category: About WritingTags: amwriting, Fantasy, LoTR, Tolkien, worldbuilding
Posted on 27 August, 2019 by Stamphers
I’ve come to realise that working on a novel is hard, I know, right, shocker! Nevertheless, I had this illusion that I could make anything rather smoothly, thus, whenever things got too difficult I jumped to another project. The logic was that I would…
Category: About WritingTags: amwriting, authors, Novels, writers, writers life, writing
Posted on 24 August, 2019 by Stamphers
For those that write on intuition, do you sometimes find it difficult to continue writing on certain parts? Like you hit a wall when before words flowed like water? I often wondered why that is. It’s not like I hit the dreaded middle point…
Category: About WritingTags: amwriting, intuition, writers life, writing
Posted on 20 August, 2019 by Stamphers
I’m gonna be frank, I’m rather angry at myself… You know as a writer (or an artist) you get excited over a project? You work it in your head, for a little bit, then you write it down in a first draft, all easy,…
Category: About WritingTags: amwriting, doubt, writers life
Posted on 21 June, 2019 by Stamphers
Perhaps that’s just how some stories are? Some are more demanding than others. They demand rewrites and the plot doesn’t come out as smoothly as you want. Perhaps the process is the mistakes? Finding the story can be difficult but that doesn’t mean that…
Category: About WritingTags: advice, amwriting, Novels, Short Stories, story writing, writers life, writing
Posted on 19 June, 2019 by Stamphers
Yep, it’s the beginning that was flawed, I see that now. In my Last Post, I talked about my stories never ending neatly and I figured out that if the beginning isn’t good, the ending won’t be either. So, how can I be certain…
Category: About WritingTags: advice, amwriting, Novels, Short Stories, story writing, writers life, writing
Posted on 17 June, 2019 by Stamphers
I while back, I promised myself to never work on a short story for more than a month and now I’ve broken this promise and I feel awful. Why did it take longer than the other times? I don’t know, but I feel that…
Category: About Writing, OkategoriseradeTags: advice, amwriting, authors, Novels, Short Stories, story writing, writers life, writing
Posted on 31 May, 2019 by Stamphers
When I write a story, the important thing isn’t in what order I place the scenes or to create a structure, the most important thing is to find the characters and their motivations. This means you’ll write very generally at first, for instance: When…
Category: About WritingTags: advice, amwriting, Novels, Short Stories, writers, writers life, writing
Posted on 29 May, 2019 by Stamphers
I feel the need to be a bit more clear after my last post. All the things I said stands but I wrote it more for me so I’m not sure the point I made was clear. I tried to cheat. I took a…
Category: About WritingTags: advice, amwriting, Novels, Short Stories, writers, writers life, writing
Bones are that which keeps you here
Turn to dust and your soul will yield
Forgive this old fool
For the mistakes he’ve made
Leave me be and let the past fade
