For The Love Of Good Writing

Reading plays more of a art in your writing than you realise. 

Narrowing your focus to the “When” of Time-inspired story idea makes the task of beginning your story less overwhelming. This episode is also available as a blog post. 

Narrowing your focus to the “What” of an Object-inspired story idea make the task of beginning your story less overwhelming. This episode is also available as a blog post. 

No stage of the writing process makes a writer doubt their ability like the beginning. This episode is also available as a blog post. 

Planning is an essential tool for any writer who takes the craft seriously. Such writer knows to be willing to review the plan if it’s failing. But how do you know if a project is failing if you never planned for it? This episode is also available as a blog post.

Writing is something you have to do and do again. When you carry this consciousness, you will know that it doesn’t really matter what you started with. Write what comes to you, and afterwards, edit like God, separating the wheat from the chaff. This episode is also available as a blog post. 

Learn the structure of the kind of writing you want to do. That way, you will know how to break the rules and earn commendations for your sin. This episode is also available as a blog post.

Imagine a comfortable chair, a table of exactly the right height, a computer and a mug of hot coffee or a bottle of booze. Then imagine you cannot afford any of them. This episode is also available as a blog post. 

It all comes down to that old search for certainty and the right mood. But you should know by now not to fancy phantoms. Certainty is a mirage and the right mood is within your power to create. I cannot tell you the exact time you should write, but I can tell you that the years you spent wondering when are the years you did not write. This episode is also available as a blog post.

Readers want to read from writers who understand them. And it doesn’t matter if the story is set in Mars or if the characters are animated horse dungs talking about the need for personal hygiene. As long as these characters also live relatable dreams and express similar fears, the readers will always read. And this remains true even in stories with extra-terrestrial settings. This episode is also available as a blog post. 

From personal and public experiences, it is perfectly normal to be unmotivated on some days. There could also be times when you have an urge to write but nothing definite or concrete seems to be in your thoughts. This episode is also available as a blog post. 

if you’ve wanted to write a book or story, simply just start. Put one word in front of the other until it forms a sentence. Then write a series of sentences. Once you’ve done that, you then have something to work with. This episode is also available as a blog post.

Sometimes, you may not feel like writing at all, other times you may have nothing to write. This episode is also available as a blog post. 

Understand the role the first sentence, paragraph and chapter play in securing the trust of your readers. These first elements should come to your readers as packaged promises that guarantee an adventurous story ahead. This episode is also available as a blog post.

There are many, many things to deal with when talking about glasses. This is just to remind you that glasses are also a writing tool, and as a reader, writer, or just a basic human being, remember to get your glasses sorted. This episode is also available as a blog post on chartusx.org

I think the only time you should take Write What You Know seriously is when it’s obvious that your story is lacking in logical and emotional sense. A story that lacks both is not just going to be unbelievable, it’d also be creativity working in reverse, and I don’t know what that could be called. Lunacy, maybe. This episode is also available as a blog post. 

The purpose of a story informs the perspective from which it is told. Point of view simply asks, from whose eyes shall your readers witness the events that make up your story? This episode is also available as a blog post.

Being able to tell readers the story behind the scenes, behind the mask the protagonist wears, the truth behind the façade, the truth of inner conflict, self-discovery and resolution… now, that is a story that will linger on in the minds of your readers for a long time to come. This episode is also available as a blog post.