After watching some expectation vs. reality style videos on YouTube, I was mightily inspired to write something similar about fiction writers in general: 6am: A Pact to Wake up and Write Early Expectation: What a beautiful day! I’m inspired to write jewel-like prose almost immediately on a stolen napkin! (I’m a creative, thank you, not…
Category: Writing Life
5 Benefits of Writing Stories to Learn a Language
“To have another language is to possess a second soul”- Charlemagne After years of boring classes at school, the French bug bit me and its irresistible poison has remained in my veins ever since. As an adult I suddenly discovered how much I loved the process of learning a language; everything from buying a new…
What’s My (Writing) Style Again?
I think the master storyteller was right when he said: ‘If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot’—Stephen King King was referring here to the craft of writing; our use of language and the way in which each book we read…
5 Ways I Took Time out from Writing
‘Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop’-Ovid This weekend I had brain frazzle. I’d written so much over the past week that I wouldn’t have been able to write a shopping list if you’d asked me nicely. It’s easy to think we’re being productive by constantly producing. It’s easy to fill…
Aromatherapy for Writers
‘Smell is a word, perfume is literature’-Jean-Claude Ellena *Note: this article deals specifically with the use of essential oils in a diffuser or burner. If you are planning to use them in a different way, please take all precautions before use. Essential oils can be harmful and should be used with care. The word ‘Aromatherapy’…
Letting Go as a Writer
‘I didn’t realise perfection could be so messy!’ As a mature student and aspiring fiction writer my biggest struggle thus far has been overcoming perfectionism; something which until a few months ago was running the entire show—even selling the ice creams! Practising writing without rigorous editing and in my case, the temptation to overwrite is…