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The Writer's Workshop

The Writer's Workshop

The Writer's Workshop is a positive community to promote each other's work and learn the craft of writing and publishing

5149 members
Posted bySwankmotronin/writers-Apr 11, 2016 at 1:19 PMΔ

Some good advice from Chuck Wendig...

Writers: When In Doubt, WWYL

Okay, before you do anything else, go read what Very Smart Author Jaye Wells says about creative burnout - "Writers Need An Escape Hatch ." Good? Done? Rad. I have been doing this writing thing professionally for - *coughs into hand* - about 16 years.

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  • isometimeswriteApr 12, 2016 at 12:02 PMΔ

    This is so true. I think I've wasted a lot of time trying to make my stories what I wanted them to be rather than what was just the most organic and natural.

    I always wanted my stories to be this grand, sweeping world with so much awesomeness that felt kind of like you were getting swept into an LOTR movie. But... I wasn't really good at that, and continuing to try to make my stories like that meant that they weren't very good and I was never happy with them.

    I also wanted to be as real and profound as a Steinbeck novel, but I would end up writing more real-life stories that felt more dull and and I also just am not quite as profound as Steinbeck, sadly.

    I think I finally found my niche with a modern story with just a touch of fantasy to it, written in very short chapters/updates that just sound more human. Suddenly my writing is moving much faster and more organically now. :)

The Writer's Workshop

The Writer's Workshop

The Writer's Workshop is a positive community to promote each other's work and learn the craft of writing and publishing

5149 members
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