For columns and short stories I dont have a plan. I associate on a subject that has drawn my attention and kind of think of a logic order for the...
Reading all this I'm starting to think I might be a nihilist too. That explains a lot, but back to the subject... I read you decided to write...
Write, write, write! Join writing contests, write 'readers letters' to newspapers, start a blog (and consistently write a post) etc. Writing is a...
Think about their lives BEFORE you let your story begin. Where did they go to school, was there some rivalry going on between them, what were...
If there's no inspiration for further creative work, why not spend an hour or so on editing? Mostly I get new ideas when editing a part, so it...
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I agree, if you write a dialogue in the way people speak then it sounds awkward. Dialogue in a book (or column) is different from dialogue in...
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