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“I have no special talents. I am only passionately curious.” Albert Einstein “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” Toni Morrison Like any manufacturing plant, here at the Story Factory, we value quantity over quality. More words, more hours, more stories. The…
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It’s Tuesday and on Tuesdays we look at writing tools. There’s an old saw that if your only tool is a hammer, every problem is a nail. So, the obvious solution is to have as big a toolbox as you possibly can, right? When writing about his uncle’s toolbox, Stephen King writes an anecdote about…
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All writing problems are psychological problems. Blocks usually stem from the fear of being judged. If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone. Erica Jong Like any manufacturing plant, here at the…
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I did it. I listened to Cal Newport and decided to give Grammarly a try. With 20% off, it seemed like a no-brainer. I’ve had it since about March, and I have to say, it does help my writing. For example, I tend to forget commas and use a lot of adverbs. So, Grammarly does…
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Trying to get back into near-daily posting again. It’s raining outside my window, and the sound of the rain can be so relaxing. Water moving, in general, is comforting, which is why people have fountains and aquariums, I suppose. We were able to get away some this week and took some time to stand in…
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Happy Weekend! Most of my planners have pages for habit tracking. I am trying to come up with the best way to use them. This helped. https://jamesclear.com/habit-tracker Haruki Murakami wrote his first two books while running a bar. And he is a runner.https://www.calnewport.com/blog/2021/06/16/haruki-murakami-and-the-scarcity-of-serious-thought/ A summer road trip destination, it’s about an hour from my house.https://www.thepaintedporch.com/…
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While I usually try to do little reviews of writing books here on Fridays, I just finished a novel yesterday that was oddly fascinating. When Nietzche Wept by Irvin D. Yalom is not a book that I would just pick up, but it’s a historical novel about the beginnings of psychotherapy. The cast of characters…
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Since I am (was) attempting to write 52 bad stories, I also thought it would be good to read 52 good stories. And first, a confession. I skipped the Faulkner story and the Fitzgerald story. First off, both were anything be short. Secondly, Faulkner’s just not my cup of tea. I prefer a bit more…
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