Last night, I spent three hours on a phone call with my dear friend, Diannah. Half of that time was spent dissecting the live action Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Now, some people may ask, why do you care so much? It’s a freaking cartoon, for heaven’s sake! It’s a children’s show!
I have rebuttals.
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Writers typically fall into two camps when it comes to creating by imitation. One side proclaims, “You can’t ever learn anything if you only imitate, you must be original. You must create your own voice.” The other side of the camp says, “Art is imitation. It is only by imitating others first that we can be original.”
I recently discovered the musical, Hamilton. For those of you who are like me and want to dismiss it out of hand just because it is popular…please don’t. It really is just as amazing as people claim and well-worth listening to, even if you don’t like rap/hip-hop. The album gave me a new perspective on several situations in my life, but one song in particular resonated with me: “Wait for It.”
(This post is an updated version from my old blog, but since it had to do with writing, I figured I’d bring it over here.)
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We’ve all heard that to get better at writing, we have to write more. But what do you do if, on some days, you don’t want to write?
Even as I sit here blogging about what to do if you don’t want to write, I’m fighting the feelings of not wanting to write.
Every skill and craft worth learning is going to have its fair amount of drudgery. Writing is no different. Over the years, I’ve learned a few tips and tricks that help me to work through that drudgery. I thought I would put some up here in case anyone else needs a boost to put that brain to work.
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As a writer, I get asked a lot, “How do you write? Do you already have an idea in mind or do you just sit down and start writing?”
So I thought I’d give a little break down of my process.
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