I’ve read books this good. Now my goal is to write one.
10 Things That Happen When You Can’t Put Down A Good Book
http://www.buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/things-that-happen-when-you-cant-put-down-a-good?s=mobile
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Hero or not?
Is your protagonist a hero? If that’s your goal, read this and see if he or she has these traits. What happens if your bad guy has them, too?
To Succeed, Be the One Everyone Can Count On | Inc.com
http://www.inc.com/howard-tullman/to-succedd-be-the-one-everyone-can-count-on.html?cid=readmore
It makes you feel old
For quite a few years, Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin, has published its annual Mindset List. It started as a way to remind professors of what their incoming freshmen know and don’t know.
The Mindset List is also a great resource for writers who forget how quickly time passes. The first item on the new list, which was released Tuesday, is a sad reminder that this year’s college freshmen were starting kindergarten on 9/11.
Support each other
My Shakespeare & Co. — the place that inspired me to write — was my local library. I didn’t join a writing group until many years later.
David L. Ulin found both inspiration and support at a bookstore he helped to open.
That support — and the feeling of being taken seriously as a writer — is, I suspect, something we all crave.
I think I first felt support for my fiction when, at my first writers conference, an agent took seriously my accidental elevator pitch. But that’s a story for another day.
I’m curious. When did you first feel supported as a writer?
What Shakespeare & Co. taught me about being a writer – LA Times
Write routinely
Whatever your routine — and this post offers steps for developing the “perfect” one — you need to stick to it to get to tge end of the story.
The Psychology of Writing and the Cognitive Science of the Perfect Daily Routine | Brain Pickings
http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2014/08/25/the-psychology-of-writing-daily-routine/
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