As I said before, if you're in a writer's block, then write some bad poetry. Coincidentally, the new F1 🏎️ season just started. Tomorrow's race two, and with some (bad) luck Mercedes will be just as boringly reliable as always...
But... it did inspire me to write some bad poetry...
Perhaps more important than you think. However, I'm not the expert (I'm no expert on many things 😉) so consider these my 'personal' notes...
Writing is hard. It's toiling away in a corner of the night, burning that midnight oil. Imagine that poor writer, driven by a mad vision, eschewing the niceties of the world to bring you the word...
Yeah. It's a lonely profession... no time for hanging out in bars meeting fans 😉
Actually, it's not 😁 but that link redirects you to:
https://angeljaybooks.blogspot.com
Vivien Reis suggests to remove 29-ish words from your novel (if possible, of course 😁).
Blindly stripping them out isn't the way to do it, but you might want to go through your writing, and see where you do not need them.
Do you remember good ol' typewriters? Man, the horror! 😣😂
I don't think there's anyone who has good memories about typewriters. I'm certainly not one of them.
Some time ago Magix picked it up, and that rarely bodes well...
Ten years ago or so Skyland was showing on Dutch television. At the time I downloaded a few episodes, and noticed that the broadcasted version was post-processed to look more 'dirty'. Which made it look a lot better, to be honest.
Story wise both versions are the same and okay.
Writing is hard. It's very hard. People have no clue how hard it actually is. Even writers themselves are clueless.
So, I set out to document the writing process. Read on (besides, it was about time I created another mindmap)...
Every writer has their own preference. For example, I prefer to write with empty lines instead of indents. (There are some disadvantages to that method, but I just find it easier that way.)
Still, you might want to go for the 'official' format when submitting.
Review.
I’m in love. Not necessarily with Anna Taylor-Joy (who, frankly, is way easier on the eyes than I am 😂 even if deliberate make-up choices make her look a little weird now and again), no, I'm in love with the sixties. I’m a bit surprised that nobody is mentioning Beth Harmon’s… eh… predecessor / inspiration misses Emma Peel 😅
A typical (?) LitRPG, no tables, but it’s all about leveling and power, and boring as hell. It’s book 1 of the Cradle series, and I got the first eight books for free, but I doubt I will enjoy any of them.
Anything even vaguely resembling LitRPG or GameLit is a definite no-go for me.
I’m typically not into the horror genre, but this one a. was a gift from some online service, and b. is more action than horror. Call it a light horror movie, I’d say a B+. The best scene is the one in which the bride watches herself in the mirror, holding an elephant rifle. I think just that single image would make the movie deserve a sequel.
Writing.
Writing is a lot of hard work, but can be a lot of fun and very rewarding. If you want to write, go ahead!
But if you ended up here you need help. Definitely. And the person to help is the one that looks back at you in the mirror... Read on!
Just started this YA (?) series, about an alternative reality in which a gun-slinging daughter tries to take down the demon that killed her grandpa. I never heard of it before, but a reader told me Kind’s Kiss made him think of that series, so I had to try. (I think it's very different, but that's okay.)
Finally. Redemption. After the promising The Force Awakens came The Last Jedi, which was so bad I completely gave up on the Star Wars universe. I still don’t know why they did not base the latest trilogy on Zahn’s three books (some seriously good reads)… still, TFA was promising. Then came TLJ and I thought I would never enjoy anything Star Wars again. (Except perhaps for the cartoons.)
