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Might as well kick this blog off with a quote from my favorite author and my favorite book.
The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness
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As @neilhimself is fond of saying: In draft one, write down everything that happens in your story. In draft two, go back and make it look like you knew what you were doing all along.
So where and how do you start?
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Where do you write? I usually set my laptop on my dining room table.⠀
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It’s so easy to overwrite. Sometimes you don’t even know you’re doing it. ⠀
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It’s not always easy to find the right word. Ah, well, a bird in the hand…⠀
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Let it go. ⠀
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You need a thick skin to make it in this business. ⠀
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Follow the path even on your darkest days. It’s better to throw away five pages of gibberish than to stay lost.⠀
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Keep on a schedule and your muse will get the idea. ⠀
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We all start out as amateurs who don’t know anything, and with a lot of work and a little luck we become professionals who don’t know anything. Don’t let the labels fool you. ⠀
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And that’s the truth.⠀
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Put yourself out there. Don’t doubt your worth as a writer.⠀
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Keep on writing. Keep on learning. ⠀
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Write your big topic from the viewpoint of one person we can care about. ⠀
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Don’t be your own worst critic. ⠀
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The more you write, the better you get. Good advice. ⠀
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It’s a tough job but someone has to do it. ⠀
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People already know life is hard. Most of them read to escape all that. That’s why I believe in occasional chuckles and happy endings. ⠀
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Some worldbuilding lessons we can we learn from law enforcement in fanatsy novels.
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What do you think? And what are some creative changes you could make to move away from Eurocentrism?
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Appendices: Magic Wands in Fiction
Magic wands have been a part of human cultures for millennia, both as a real tool and as a feature in stories. In this episode we take a look at how wand history has influenced our fictional narratives and where our stories have turned the magic wand into something new.Links on the blog!
This week in the appendices episode, The History Of The Universe, we discussed what cosmology looks like in the real world and why it’s important to every story. Here’s the summary of main points but listen to the episode to find out more! Just search for Kill My Darlings wherever you listen to podcasts or find links on my blog!
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