Posts tagged challenges
In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd.
(Source: observando, via writerlyintent)
(via literary-hack)
When you’re young - when I was young - you want your emotions to be like the ones you read about in books. You want them to overturn your life, create and define a new reality. Later, I think, you want them to do something milder, something more practical: you want them to support your life as it is and has become. You want them to tell you that things are OK. And is there anything wrong with that?
Songwriting and poetry are so commonly birthed from underdogs because one can make even the ugliest situations admirable, or more beautiful than the beautiful situations - they are the most graceful media in which the lines of society are distorted.
If you are a real writer, then just surrender to the writer’s life, all of it, even the bad stuff. When you do that, the beauty appears: the peace, the meaning, the joy, the fulfillment, the sense that you are doing what you were born to do and what could be better, in the end, than that?
Creativity thrives where its roots are crowded.
Writer's Relief Blog: "Crossing The Great Divide—Writing In Different Genres"
Writers, especially inexperienced and unpublished writers, are usually advised to master writing in one genre at a time, and this is generally good advice. When you’re still learning your craft, it pays to focus on one thing at a time.
Less often, new writers are advised to experiment in several different genres to discover their strong points. For some, this exploration is a worthwhile learning experience.
Writer's Relief Blog: "Resolve To Leave Your Baggage In 2012"
The New Year is a time to set goals. People vow to shed bad habits and do a better job of just about everything, only to find themselves feeling cynical a month later, resolutions forgotten or at least shelved.
Writers, why not start the New Year several pounds lighter? Why not start off fresh by shedding the baggage that has been weighing you down?
To help you get started, we’ve identified ten things writers can do without in 2013.
Keep working. Keep trying. Keep believing. You still might not make it, but at least you gave it your best shot. If you don’t have calluses on your soul, this isn’t for you. Take up knitting instead.
