The Work Week Jul 28, 2008 Writing Notes Stephen King says in his book On Writing that he writes every day, including Christmas, the Fourth of July, and his birthday. When I am working on a Don’t Be this Beaver Jul 28, 2008 Writing Notes From The Onion: “Beaver Overthinking Dam”: “Local beaver Dennis Messner is spending an inordinate amount of time and effort in the planning and Advice to the Amateur Writer Jul 28, 2008 Writing Notes Mystery Man on Film posted some advice for amateur writers. My favourites are: Chances are that you won’t sell a screenplay until you’ve made a Numbers Jul 27, 2008 Writing Notes Tomorrow is a special day. Tomorrow my writing partner and I complete the outline of our next story. It doesn’t sound like a big deal, right? But it How to Find the Time to Write Jul 27, 2008 Writing Notes Wake up 15 minutes earlier. In 15 minutes you can write 2-3 pages of a script and in 40-60 days you would have a first draft. Wake up 30 minutes Fill it with Discoveries Jun 25, 2008 Writing Notes When you quit dreaming about your passions and start doing them, what happens? You uncover the hole that you once filled with excuses and busy-ness Every Day Jun 20, 2008 Writing Notes The other night, a gentleman in my writer’s group told me that he was there because he hadn’t written in seven years. A friend of mine was told the Are You Adding to the Noise? Jun 19, 2008 Personal Is what you are working on worth it? Is it worth the money and the time of all those involved? Is it worth getting a babysitter, driving a car, (This is not) The Test Jun 7, 2008 Writing Notes The Real Test is big. The choice is always hard and is often (but not always) a Turning Point. It attacks us deep and pits our heart against our Noise and Signal Jun 4, 2008 Writing Notes During the construction of a story, how often do you allow the noise to hide the signal: How much sensory input do you allow in (RSS, email, social The Rules Jun 3, 2008 Writing Notes The thing I like is that I can break the rules, especially when they are my own. After everything that I have posted about lately, I am beginning to Not Writing Jun 2, 2008 Writing Notes What if you didn’t have a well to pull ideas from? Where would they come from? Would you continue to write, forcing ideas to come no matter what? Or Tricks and Rules May 28, 2008 Writing Notes There are rules, formulas, recipes, outlines, tricks, methods, systems, ways, guidelines, hacks, habits, techniques, secrets, shortcuts, sketches, Delays May 27, 2008 Writing Notes Do you ever think either of these: You need another book to tell you how to write You need to work on your outline some more. Stop it. You know it. 20 Handy Excuses for Any Writer to Use May 23, 2008 Writing Notes My alarm never went off. My computer was on the fritz. I just don’t know where to begin. I was really busy but I’ll do it tomorrow. I forgot that it 0 to 120 May 22, 2008 Writing Notes Seth Godin’s post “How to read a business book” talks about the difference between business books and other how-to books. He says: “The gap is Mistakes May 21, 2008 Writing Notes Accept it. You will make them. The only mistake you should never make is avoiding the risk of making them. Often, out of those moments come the best Partnerships May 20, 2008 Personal In the article “A New Approach to Igniting and Sustaining Creativity”, Dr. Anne Paris says that recent studies suggest that ”we are helped along in Fuzzy Lines May 19, 2008 Writing Notes The post, You say Tomarto from Thought for the Week, a blog from the London design consultancy, johnson banks, says: “designers themselves often My King Dilemma May 16, 2008 Writing Notes Stephen King and I have a problem. He keeps stealing my ideas. This has been happening since I was a teenager. Every time I came up with a great Next page