Writing and Creating Books
Stories Are About Real People
Stories are never about abstract ideas, never about abstract audiences. Stories are always about people. Real people. People with hearts that break, toast that burns, and lives that always seem somehow incomplete. Your goal? To complete. 3
Writer’s Bookmark: Writing Is Discovery
I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say. — Flannery O’Connor Writing, like life itself, is a voyage of discovery. — Henry Miller The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. — Anais Nin I […]
A Last Ditch Book Titling Strategy
When all else fails, you can use this strategy to come up with a title for your book. It might help you loosen up your creative juices. YOUR STREET NAME + THE LAST THING YOU ATE = THE TITLE OF YOUR BOOK Of course, you probably won’t use this strategy to actually name your book, […]
Writing Bookmark: Don’t Stop Writing
Start writing no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. — Louis L’Amour You fail only if you stop writing. — Ray Bradbury People are hungry for stories. It’s part of our very being. Storytelling is a form of history, of immortality, too. It goes from one generation to […]