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Keeping Track of Time

June 8, 2012 by Jamie

Nora Roberts has said she works an 8-hour day as a writer. Other famous writers such as Stephen King claim to work until they have their pages done, whether it takes 2 hours or 10. I’ve tried working both ways, and I’ve tried working just mornings, or only afternoons, or while my kids are napping and after they’ve gone to bed. I’ve also had to squeeze in writing first thing in the morning before work or last thing in the […]

Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity, Organization, Time Management • Tags: artist routines, creative process, creativity, Nora Roberts, schedule, Stephen King, time management, writer, writing, writing life, writing routine

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Natalie Goldberg on Originality

February 25, 2012 by Jamie

“We always worry that we are copying someone else, that we don’t have our own style. Don’t worry. Writing is a communal act. Contrary to popular belief, a writer is not Prometheus alone on a hill full of fire. We are very arrogant to think we alone have a totally original mind. We are carried on the backs of all the writers who came before us. We live in the present with all the history, ideas, and soda pop of […]

Categories: Creativity, Quote of the Day • Tags: book ideas, creative process, creativity, Natalie Goldberg, Natalie Goldberg quote, originality

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The Upside of Writer’s Block

February 23, 2012 by Jamie

I just began reading Dennis Palumbo‘s book, Writing from the Inside Out, and my first reaction to it was, “Why couldn’t I have discovered this four years ago?!” That was when my creative process first started going awry. I continued to write, but it became more and more difficult for several years, until fear, depression, and utter burnout led me to believe I might have to give up writing altogether. I’d dreamed of being a writer since I was 8, […]

Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity, Reading • Tags: creative process, creativity, writer's block, writing

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Bearing Fruit

February 21, 2012 by Jamie

A year and a half ago, we bought our first home. In the yard are a fig tree and an orange tree, which I thought were very cool bonuses. I’d never lived with fruit trees before, and I soon learned the pleasure of walking out into the yard and finding breakfast. Because someone had the wisdom 20 or more years ago to plant these trees, I get to enjoy their fruit now. We have since bought a few more fruit […]

Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity, Random Stuff • Tags: creative process, writing, writing life

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Reading Aloud

February 20, 2012 by Jamie

Until I had kids, I didn’t do any reading out loud. Now I do it every day. Mostly, the books we read are stories I’ve pre-selected for quality, and they work well when read to an audience, but occasionally, we come across one that I haven’t pre-screened, and invariably, if it’s not a well-written book, it’s even more of a chore to read aloud than it is to read to oneself. I read one book over the holidays to myself […]

Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity, Reading • Tags: children's literature, creative process, editing, read, reading aloud, reading to kids, revision, revision process

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Too Much Noise

February 8, 2012 by Jamie

My head hurts. I’ve been working too much. There’s a lot of noise in my life, and I always struggle to tune out enough of it to hear what I have to say as a writer. Being a writer means being quiet and listening. A lot. It means sitting still and pondering. Or taking long walks and pondering. Preferably both. Do you have enough quiet time in your life to hear your story speaking to you?

Categories: Advice for Writers, Creativity, Random Stuff • Tags: creative process, noise, quiet, writing

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