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Always the Same BS
[Day 23 of 30]: While my MUSE contemplates the changes I’ve envisioned for Shattered Souls, I’ve decided to come up with new story ideas. I can’t promise anything will come from these small scenes, but I want to explore the words and images that barrage my mind. Every time I drive home, I feel the sensual world around me and hope that someday I can express what I feel in words. One day… Writer’s Prompt: describe the beginning of an ordinary day for your main character. Rose stepped over another broken bottle. She enjoyed hearing the glass crunch beneath her boots and she stomped hoping for another satisfying pop. Rose…
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Whats Your Secret?
[Day 21 of 30]: I have good news and bad news. The good news is that I finally figured out why my MUSE has been getting stuck so often while writing the Shattered Soul’s scenes. I have realized that my main characters just don’t have real, emotion inducing conflict keeping them from their goals. They go about their daily lives and barely notice the antagonist that I’ve created. They take easily achievable steps toward their goals and nothing seems to stand in their way for very long. This is great for real life, but takes the excitement out of my story arc. The bad news is that I haven’t…
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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…
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A Lesson in Failure
[Day 7 of 30]: Everyday is a fresh start or at least I hope it is; because today’s writing sucked. It sucked hard. It sucked so bad, I don’t even want to post anything that I wrote. My Inner Critic is having a field day, ripping the results of today’s attempt to shreds and I hate to give it more timber for the fire. On the good side, I wrote. I tried. I took a prompt and gave it my best shot. On the bad side, it was awful, dreadful, boring, and trite. Instead of letting myself feel embarrassed, I’m going to just be happy that I wrote something. I’m…
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The Meeting
[Day 6 of 30]: I wanted to try something a little bit different today and wandered over to one of my favorite quotation websites. I love how the same words can mean different things to different people and have found quotations to be a great source of inspiration for my writing and my life. When I saw this one, I knew it would be a great way to approach the dialog between characters. It was definitely a challenge for me to consider what each person would be thinking and feeling upon meeting each other for the first time — especially if they were opposite in personality. I’m slowly working in…
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Name Something
[5 of 30]: Have you ever noticed that writing has a mind of it’s own. I start with the idea to write one kind of thing and end up with a completely different scene from a completely different genre in the end. What I’ve been learning over the last few days is that fighting with my Muse is a big mistake. If I try to hold her focus on what I want to write, I get ridiculous drivel that I don’t even want to read again, let alone post for others. On the other hand, if I give in to my Muse and just provide her with a playground filled…
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Spilled Milk
[Day 4 of 30]: I started this writing session feeling grumpy, gloomy, and more than a little tired. However I am definitely enjoying the initial feelings of momentum and inspiration from having a new writing goal and that I get closer to it each and every day. It’s obviously a little early to be celebrating, but it’s wonderful to receive support from all my friends and readers. Plus, I’m discovering a whole new community of writers within my own circle, people who have been writing for years and just never mentioned it to me. Through them, I’ve discovered the SavvyAuthors.com forum and the inspiring writing at CreativeCaffeine.com. Thanks for coming…
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I Don’t See
[Day 3 of 30]: Sometimes my writing takes me to unexpected places. Places that I’m not always sure that I want to go. And although I feel my doubts like a lead weight in my belly, I’ve given myself 30 days to learn whether it’s better to trust my MUSE and write the words that bubble to the top or just let her stories pass me by. I’ve decided not to fight the DAEMON (inner critic), because I truly believe that resistance begets resistance. I figure I can teach the two squabbling children (logic & creativity) to play nice once in a while, or at least get them to take…
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Not Dead Yet
[Day 2 of 30]: Since this is my second day, I’m still filled with embarrassment at the silly things my brain throws onto the page. On the other hand there’s also hope that I’ll be learning something from the entire year of practice ahead. And I’d have to say that I truly enjoyed this writing prompt. I love mysteries, so starting with something that I could morph from mystery to dark humor to science fiction was a lot of fun. I immediately changed the name of the pizza place from Guido’s in the original, because the picture inspired me. My Inner Critic, who I endearingly call DAEMON (grrr), tried to…
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Fill In The Blank
[1/30]: Today is Day 1. Which means a fresh start for me, a fresh start for this blog, and maybe a fresh start for you too. Today, I begin an experiment– a new challenge. I’m going to do something that I’ve never done before. That I’ve never tried before. That I’ve never even contemplated before. I’m going to write every day for 30 days. I’m not going to decide WHAT to write, HOW to write, WHEN to write, or WHERE to write. I’m just going to make time every single day to write something and post it here. Because I don’t know if I’m really a writer or just a…
