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To Be A Writer

January 23rd 2008 05:16
The arts; very few of us competely lack passion for all of them. I have a passion for most of them, even if I don't have a talent for them. Each and every last one of them is a cut-throat business in which it's a one in a million chance you'll succeed in.

And to walk along an artsy path is difficult. But for those of us truly passionate about our writing, we will walk along it, we will travel, and we will try and try again where others might give up and walk away.

My greatest passion is writing. I love it. It is one of the few things in life I enjoy-right up there with singing, spending time with my boyfriend, and surfing the net. Writing is my life. It is one of the only things I can see myself doing ten years down the road.

To be a writer is one of the most difficult things you can do. It's near impossible to do. It takes a hell of a lot of hard work and sheer determination, and sometimes blind luck.

I wish you all well in your writing careers-because difficult as it is, to be a writer is one of the most satisfying things you can do.

Good luck,
Dianna
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Getting Into It

January 4th 2008 04:29
I'll freely admit that for the last month, in fact starting December first, I have been completely slacking off. I wasn't going to much school but now I'm just slacking off in all areas of my life and it's something I need to stop doing.

My goal is to write fifty thousand words every month. That isn't difficult, but it's not easy to maintain that. I'm pretty confident that I CAN do it, all I need is dedication. I've been letting things interfere that shouldn't be allowed to interfere with my writing-namely, my love life.

Screw that thing. As of this moment in time, my first priority is writing. For life. I have come to the realization that the only path I can take with any shred of happiness is the writer's path, and to be independent as soon as possible, I need to begin on that path now.

So here I am. I am promising myself a career in writing, and I know that I can summon up the determination and dedication to make that career happen. This is my life, my path, and my goal. I will do whatever it takes to achieve my life dream: to be able to make a living off my craft, my passion, and my love; my writing.

Do I seem motivated enough yet? Well, I'm pretty sure I'm motivated enough. Time to get to work: I'm off! Wheeeeeeeeeeeee!
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...Mot...iv...at...ion?

December 7th 2007 04:01
As a writer, one of the hardest things to do is sit down to write EVERY DAY, working on what you hope to turn into a career someday. Finding the motivation to actually write can be a completely annoying and difficult thing to do. Running low on inspiration... well, that's easy.

NaNoWriMo gives people a friendly, competitive push which drives them to the finish line out of sheer determination. It allows people to get off their asses and write. This is the kind of thing I need; right now I need a good motivational push to get me off my ass and writing again.

In the end, I'm sitting here with no motivation. Guess what?

If you can motivate me, I will be completely happy. All I really need is some competition and friendship on my writing journey. So, is anyone interested in a friendly competition similar to NaNoWriMo, something along the lines of 'let's see who can write more' with a minimum of X amount of words by November first...

Any motivation?

And in return, I make the offer of a competition with a minimum word count of 100K by November first (not that much), excluding blog posts, and to see whoever got more...
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Increasing Your Writing Productivity

November 29th 2007 17:14
So. We all have those times when we are absolute failures at productivity, and those times when we can write like a maniac. I'm going to take a look at causes, influences, and ways to increase your productivity in the next two or three posts.

First, in this post, let's look at the causes of unproductive times


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Time To Edit: Hours vs. Words vs. Pages

September 5th 2007 23:40
(You could also say Vs. Chapters, but let's classify that under 'pages' for my purpose.)

The next several non-update posts will be about how to go about your editing schedule. I will write two posts based around the general theory and such, an introduction and a conclusion. I will also write one post for each category-Pages, Hours, Words, and *maybe* chapters, but that will probably be pages as well


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What would you guys think of...

August 30th 2007 01:50
An anthology of stories aimed at teenagers, written in historic periods-during the depression, the war of 1812 (which is outshone by the Napoleon wars but is cool because we burned down the white house), World War Two, that sort of thing-and aimed to make learning history more interesting, maybe even *fun*, while encouraging literacy.

I wanted to write something like that a while back. I'm thinking it would be a good thing to work on during the school year while I'm too busy to properly work on much in the way of novelling. My final edit of Moonshadow's Guardian will be done by October first and Jihad's next draft will be done by November first. After NaNoWriMo and National Novel Finishing month (more on that later), NaNoFiMo, I was thinking that starting in January I'd write one of these short stories and polish it up per month


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...I really don't have much to say today. Running on 5 hours of sleep doesn't help.

I do enjoy it when I feel that a piece is *truly* finished. Doesn't happen very often, but when I don't have any doubts, when I'm ready...and, of course, the critiquers like it... it's such a fulfilling feeling! Almost worth the drudgery of editing. (It's fully worth it when there is also CHOCOLATE involved at the end


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Editing: A Necessary Evil

August 14th 2007 03:54
Most writers despise editing, and I really understand why. Who wants to slaughter parts of their manuscript-even sometimes the whole thing-after spending weeks or months working on it?

Quite frankly, nobody I've ever met. Editing is a long process, especially when the novel you're editing is a PC (Piece of Crap) to begin with. You have to ask every scene, every character, every word, what it's doing in your novel


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My problem with the Snowflake Method

August 12th 2007 13:58
The Snowflake Method is a method of outlining which I find to be particularly creatively smothering. It is basically a summary. It starts as 'write a peragraph about your book, each sentence describing a main event' and goes on until each event is a page, two pages, and onwards.

By the end of it, you have a novella of summary alone. My reasons for disliking this method are many, but here are just a few


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Schedule

August 8th 2007 06:53
This is very loose, and it's Canadian time. Here ya go:

Daily-Editing Pains basic update


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Section One: Editing Pains -.-

August 3rd 2007 03:02
For the next few days, my posts are going to be introducing various sections on my blog. The first and foremost is Editing Pains.

Once I'm done introducing the sections, Editing Pains will be where I give daily-or every other day-updates on my editing progress with my novel, Moonshadow. Or whatever I'm editing at the time


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