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A Writer, a Translator, and a Wookie Walk into a Bar
[Day 22 of 30]: It’s not the writing that scares me today. It’s the exposure. Of who I am and what I think. I’m afraid people will read what I write and judge me….Because it’s true. But more than feeling not good enough (because I’ve been working on that in one guise or another all my life), I think I feel scared to be the creator of conflict that wasn’t there before. I have spent a large part of my life trying to not be the source of conflict. And yet, here I am, writing — a task which I wholeheartedly believe requires a deep understanding of conflict. Writers create…
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The Calm before the Cat Fight
[Day 20 of 30]: In a world of writer’s block, I am still trying to kill my characters off by Zombie infestation. However, they keep fighting back… and winning. I might just have to accept defeat and continue with my original story line. However, tomorrow is another day…. of writing. Hail to the MUSE! Writer’s Prompt: Describe the aftermath. Who is still angry, who is still jealous, and who is still looking for a little nooky? Sera waited outside for her cab. She picked pieces of bone and small chunks of flesh out of her hair and threw them into the street. Her favorite dress was a complete disaster. The…
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Talk To The Block
[Day 8 of 30]: It seems that I’m having some serious difficulties with Writer’s Block today. So I decided to take the advice of the awesome Pirate Queen Havi and imagine myself talking to my Writer’s Block. Maybe it can tell me why I’ve been procrastinating all day today and torturing myself with my lack of quality writing output. By talking to my Writer’s Block and asking it (meaning my subconscious mind) for help, I might actually learn a few things about what’s going on in my cluttered writers brain. Havi calls it getting Hot Buttered Epiphanies, so bring on the popcorn. So for today’s writing prompt, I used a…
