First Readings - Kait Rokowski - “A Good Day”
“Depression is a good lover. So attentive. Has this innate way of making everything about you.”
A new video from our First Readings series. A lot of poems you see have been rehearsed for months, have been performed and rewritten countless times. So we’re highlighting what only happens once: the first reading of a new poem. Check back for more in the next couple weeks.
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Are you stuck? Get unstuck: Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there. Go for a walk. Read something. Shift your mind. It helps to create a quick goose.
Only a mediocre writer is always at his best.
Books aren’t written - they’re rewritten. Including your own. Itis one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn’t quite done it.
102 Resources for Fiction Writers
Are you still stuck for ideas for National Novel Writing Month? Or are you working on a novel at a more leisurely pace? Here are 102 resources on Character, Point of View, Dialogue, Plot, Conflict, Structure, Outlining, Setting, and World Building, plus some links to generate Ideas and Inspiration.
CHARACTER, POINT OF VIEW, DIALOGUE
The Universal Mary Sue Litmus Test
Priming the idea pump (A character checklist shamlessly lifted from acting)
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Source: ruthlesscalculus
