Ideas are worthless. Yeah, I said it. Of course, I’m only one in a long line of people who have said it, so please don’t think any credit is due here. In learning about screenwriting, I found there was two […]
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This One’s For Me
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. Cyril Connolly – New Statesman, February 1933 At some point, I stopped submitting poems for publication in magazines and journals. For […]
Everyday Creativity
To say I don’t enjoy Halloween would be overstating it. I enjoy the candy, the festive atmosphere, and from time to time, I’ve even enjoyed dressing up in a costume. But overall, I have to admit that the holiday is, […]
It’s Not
“Anything’s hard that you’re forcing.” – Markus Redmond I think it can be hard to admit when I’m forcing something – especially when it’s something I want really badly. It’s actually funny how easy it is to continue forcing something, […]
Writing is a Battlefield (Earth)
To err is human, but to really mess things up, try justifying the err and wind up building an entire system of fragile excuses, self-pity, and loathing that lean on each other like a demented house of cards waiting to […]
Enduring the Edit
“I’ve found the best way to revise your own work is to pretend that somebody else wrote it and then to rip the living shit out of it.” – Don Roff The best thing about having two writing projects going […]
Sitrep Saturday
I’ve recently started a weekly accountability email with my friend and fellow writer Charles where we share what we’ve managed to do that week. Sometimes it’s uplifting, others it’s a bit of a downer, and sometimes it’s downright comical. So […]
Kicking It Outta The Nest
Normally, I spend some time at the beginning of the year coming up with some new goals for my new spin around the sun (I resolved to give up resolutions years ago and it’s so far been the only one […]