Write (Now) Newsletter – May 2006
“Wear the old coat and buy the new book.” – Austin Phelps
May 3, 2006
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Procrasticize
Does walking around the neighborhood thinking about how nice it would be to turn your neighbor’s house into a studio so you could really get some work done count as
May 1, 2006
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50K or Bust!
The memoir I’m writing resulted from my participation in National Novel Writing Month 2004. Yes, I know, everyone else was writing fiction. I cheated. NaNoWriMo, as it is affectionally called,
April 30, 2006
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Truth
truth n. , pl. truths. Conformity to fact or actuality. A statement proven to be or accepted as true. In the current controversy over whether memoir should be “true,” Mary
April 30, 2006
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Endnotes
TCI, a writer friend, told me yesterday what to do with the enormous book project I am lost in. She suggested labelling each little section (scene, summary, musing) with an
April 27, 2006
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Frederick says
If bum glue isn’t the true secret of writing, what is? After all, you can’t steer a boat that’s not moving and the muse can’t enter if you’re not writing.
April 26, 2006
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Statistics
Today I tried to explain bum glue (the substance and the blog) to Kyle, a writer friend. “Bum to chair,” I said gleefully. He looked glum. “If only it were
April 25, 2006
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Keep Your Hand Moving
While we’re discussing writing truths to live by, we must review the “rules of writing practice” (ala Natalie Goldberg). Here they are in no particular order: 1. Keep your hand
April 24, 2006
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Found it!
Aha! Sisters in Crime seems to have located a bottle of the magic stuff. Follow their directions: BUM GLUEApply to seat of pants.Sit. Write.Warning: Do not use while writing in
April 23, 2006
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And then there was the bad writing. . .
Author Bryce Courtenay once asked Stephen King what makes a book good. Bryce probably expected a detailed lesson on writing. But King simply replied, “Bum Glue.” At the 412 Creative
April 22, 2006
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