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Stay True to Yourself
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
The Core of the Tale
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
I can’t believe I did this again…
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
It shouldn’t be this frustrating
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
One Step Closer
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
I Cheated
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
I’m Such an Idiot…
Posted on 27 May, 2019 by Stamphers
Did I just make a blog post telling you to give up when it gets hard? No! Sometimes stories are hard; some are easier than others but they can all be something. I’m just lazy. Buckle down and make it work, you bum! Do…
Category: About WritingTags: advice, amwriting, failure, Novels, Short Stories, story writing, writers life, writing
Tell the Truth!
Posted on 3 April, 2019 by Stamphers
I’ve read many sorts of books and I’ve come to realise that in the English speaking world, it is very common to have stories with themes. A red line that ties the story together. I’ve read a couple of the classics from my own…
Category: About WritingTags: advice, amwriting, authors, fiction, how to write, truth, writers, writerslife
Writer’s Advice is Useless…
Posted on 10 November, 2017 by Stamphers
… is what I’ve come to realise after reading through mountains of writer’s advice blogs and articles: don’t read them. They will discourage you, if anything else. Now, I realise this might be considered writer’s advice as well, but I believe there are exceptions….
Category: About WritingTags: advice, amwriting, art, writerslife, writing
Listen To Your Masters
Posted on 6 March, 2017 by Stamphers
I have one rule. Invariably, at the end of each working day, I stop at a point at which I know exactly what is going to happen next. I have the lines ready in my head, I simply don’t write them down. So the…
Category: About WritingTags: advice, amwriting, Ibsen, writerslife, writing
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