If you want to be a good writer, study your craft. You wouldn't preform brain surgery without training, don't dishonor your book/story by going in half-assed. Arm yourself with the right tools.
First, get yourself a good grammar book. I personally like Stunk & White. Just the facts here, no window dressing. Grammar is the basics of writing and just like any other skill you can learn it. Refer to the book with any questions that pop up. Make notes in the book. I use post it notes to flag pages where I know I'm weaker. Every now and then I page through it to reinforce those rules in my mind. After all, if you don't know the rules, how ya gonna break them?
Second, Writing Down the Bones by Annie Lamott. This book will show you some ins and outs of the writing life. It ain't all tea parties and book signings. Writers work. Hard.
Third, will give you some inspiration. Stephen King's On Writing. Find out where he came from an the work he did to get there. From disgusting laundry sheets filled with maggots to how he hit it big. Then he tells you about his own tool box of writing. His writing schedule and his self imposed discipline.
The key to writing your book, finishing your book is found in your daily routine. Prolific writers know this in their heart.
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Tuesday, June 21, 2011
P R O C R A S T I N A T I O N
The biggest waste I have is time. I have so much to do and so little time to do it in, but for some strange reason I procrastinate. I drift from thing to thing, knowing I should be working on my WIP but not quite getting there.
I finished another edit (on paper) of the book I’m thinking of putting up on Amazon and now have to enter these changes in the computer. Then I have someone who will edit it for me a final time. When it passes that, then it goes up.
I think.
No, I know.
Yes, I think this will be a good thing.
It’s an experiment.
It’s a hope.
I guess.
So my plan today is to go home, let the dogs out, feed them, and sit down and get started.
Good plan, right?
Wanna take bets if it will actually happen?
Procrastination is an ugly word. It sits heavy on my shoulders and presses down when I’m trying to get up.
Maybe I’ll pick up some iced coffee first. A little caffeine goes a long way.
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