 For Authors: August 05, 2020 Issue [#10305] |
This week: Write For Fun Edited by: Annette  
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Write For Fun
Many of us here write to publish. That is a good and worthy goal in any writer's life. Before you can get published, you have to write. This job of being a writer can be a dream job. If you make it your dream job.
Obviously, nobody is ever going to finish anything if they don't sit down and drill down into grammar, punctuation, correct spelling and other writing mechanics. At the same time, the process of creating a world, the process of writing about your characters, and the process of coming to a satisfactory conclusion to plot points and a whole story should be fun to you too.
Look at writing as a hobby for starters. In the beginning, before you're published and get paid for it, your writing is a hobby. By definition of a hobby, it should be entertaining to you. Yes, writing can include research or other non-writing tasks. Those additonal things you do while you write should also be enjoyable to you. Figure out how to make writing so pleasurable that when you reach that point where you get paid to write, you have won on all fronts.
If you don't love it, why should they love it?
Many creative people are their own worst critic. That's OK. We all want to be good at what we're doing. It's also OK to be highly invested in correct grammar and writing mechanics. But you must love your story, or at least the genre that you write in. If you don't love your fiction, it will show in your writing.
Be your own biggest fan.
No, you won't have to buy all 500 first editions of your own book. What you have to do though is be invested in your fictional world, your fictional characters, and your complete body of work. Only when you talk about this world with others in a way that makes your excitement palpable for someone else will they feel the spark and want to read your stories.
Treat your stories like a favorite child. They might be imperfect to some, but to you they can do no wrong.
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I received these replies to my last For Authors newsletter "Be Your Own Best Writing Buddy"
glynisj wrote: All of your suggests are terrific. There isn't any doubt about it. However, I live with someone who doesn't seem to be able to live without the noise and chaos of devises. The TV is on pretty much 24/7. Even when he isn't in the room and is in another playing a computer game, the TV is on. When he sleeps, the TV is on in his bedroom. Yes, a total addict. On top of this problem, because my penmanship is so awful, I really do need the computer for the word processor when working on my WIP. I can, however, not be online for this. Regular use of computer devises has been around for about 40 years now. Going without them can still be done, but it's a huge struggle.
brom21  wrote: If an EMP went off, it would be worse than any virus, negligent political maneuver, or war. Reading would exist as the only alternative mode of recreation. It would be like the early 1900,s. Some may argue it was better back then. lol. Thanks for the interesting NL!
Quick-Quill  wrote: I cannot completely unplug from ALL electronics. There are cooking and washing machines, and microwave. I could, however pick up a notebook and writer for hours on a plane. Sometimes those trips are 7+hours. I will take my notebook to the hairdressers tho' I end up telling her my plots or discussing recipes. I love writing in a notebook. In fact while I had my laptop opened, I grabbed my notebook and started writing the backstory to the novel and the family tree that will play a big part of my story, I can easily fill up pages of ideas that fit the plot
Melisscious  wrote: This newsletter has some great points! I was "lucky" I suffered a concussion in a car accident and suffered from 'electronic sickness'. It's an absolute thing.
And the only cure for an overloaded brain is to lie in a dark room. In silence.
Lots of meditation.
Looking at screens would give me headaches and vertigo. Way too much stimulation.
2 years later, (I'm a lot better) I still use screens and went back to the electronic life. But I'm aware and mindful of what it's (and I'm) doing.
Cheers!
LaVonne wrote: I really liked your article. Not only is it good advice for the writers but also for family relationships. When my husband gets home from work we both sit with our computers & the TV most of the evening. I will certainly consider your advice on getting more writing done. Thanks!
hbk16 wrote: Time is a pernicious entity. Indeed, it always gives us the luring impression to be endless when in fact it passes fast. Years are spent quickly like a few days.
We should manage adequately our time and define our priorities into a studied daily schedule indeed. A thing which is hard to achieve when someone has got many tasks. We should deal with this to achieve our purposes. Writing is one of our priorities as authors indeed.
It is a featured issue indeed. I like it.
LinnAnn -Book writer  wrote: Interesting and entertaining letter. However....I'm old I can do without digital for a day. lol Go grief, I don't even know how to do much in digital. I can cook on a real stove and not the microwave.
Santeven Quokklaus wrote: I spend one weekend a month unplugged. I go and stay at a friend's holiday house a little way down the coast (I live in a small seaside town). It has no electricity (it is only turned one when he spends his holidays there). In return for doing weeding and stuff, I get the weekend. Just me, a lot of pads, a few pens, some pencils for drawing. My phone is there, but it has poor signal, so it's only for emergency. I tend to churn out a good 10k words hand-written or a few sketches or (most often) both over my time, writing at night by the light from an oil lamp or the open fire, cooking on the wood stove. I love it.
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