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Your Myth: A Writing Exercise
May 16th, 2010
Create your own myth. Tell us a story about why something is the way it is or how it came to be in the first place. The method to my madness is revealed below but give it some thought before you get there.
Some ideas are:
Why do cat's land on their feet or why are dogs man's best friend?
Why does the tide come and go or why do trees grow so tall?
Why does the sun chase the moon around the sky?
-or-
How did the earth become round?
How did fish learn to breath under water?
How did the desert become so hot?
Ask a question. ... Editing Vs. Revision
May 5th, 2010
I hate editing.
It hate it with every bone in my body but I'm learning to love the revision process as a whole. It feels good to take a used canvas and breathe new life into it, to take what's been written- a well traveled path for you, dear writer, and smooth it over for the next reader waiting to be transported into your world.
Despite my new found appreciation of the task it's still just that: a task, and there are some larger elements to it that I'm still learning about.
Editing is a lot of small steps towards refining something larger. ...
Before You Become Overlord of the Universe… Take a Chill Pill!
March 17th, 2010
An interesting thought crossed my befuddled brain the other day. It entertained my muse for hours on end and so- I've decided to share it with you.
May your muse torment you as much as mine has [does].
Me: *glares at Sebastian*
Muse: *flashes a charming smile*
Me: "Don't play innocent!"
Muse: *strikes dramatic pose* "You wound me, writer-dearest."
Me: *plots evil things*
Muse: "Mission complete." *dances*
We digress...
How does your villain relax? Really. Think about it!
At the end of the day when all their plotting has gone awry and all evil deeds have been foiled- what does your bad guy do to wind down?
Grab a drink at ...
