How To Find Topics To Write About
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] How To Find Topics To Write About So, you want to be a fiction writer of some sort. Maybe you want to write novels, or screenplays, short stories… whatever. But what topics are you going to write about? The million dollar question. Choosing good topics to write about is...
What A Disney Manager Has To Say About Rejection
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] What A Disney Manager Has To Say About Rejection I saw an interview with Kerri-Anne Lavin the other day. She is Senior Manager at Disney and she talked a little about how writers should pitch to her and some things to consider in this regard. And she...
Nothing Bad Ever Happens To A Writer
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Nothing Bad Ever Happens To A Writer I don't know who coined that phrase. Certainly wasn't me. What it means is that no matter what happens to us, in our lives, personal tragedies, setbacks, whatever it might be, we can always write about it. Something that seems...
Why Corona Virus Negaters Are Like Bad Writers
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Why Corona Virus Negaters Are Like Bad Writers One thing that I've seen over and over and over during the years that I have been writing is people who attend writing classes but when it's about learning something new (which means changing what they've done...
Stop Being A Hammer
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Stop Being A Hammer I have a new favourite saying: "For a Hammer, everything looks like a nail." I like it because you can apply it to almost any situation where something might be different from the way you or someone else sees it. We are so used...
What Should I Write About
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] What Should I Write About You want to be a writer. So, write. But about what? The multi-million-dollar-question. And there is no one answer that works for everybody. Because depending on who you ask you will get different answers. Which leads to the only obvious answer: you need to...
Advice From A Literary Agent
[vc_row][vc_column][templatera id="64679"][mkd_elements_holder][mkd_elements_holder_item][vc_column_text] Advice From A Literary Agent I read an interview with Daniel James Clark, Manager at WSA Entertainment the other day. One of the most interesting things he said was that in his opinion, writers should find things that are just for them, that have nothing to...