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Writer Confessions 10

On June 13, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, Writer ConfessionsLeave a comment

Writing is a creative emotional outlet for a lot of writers. It restores equilibrium between thoughts and feelings. However, it can be mentally and emotionally exhausting if you want to start a daily writing schedule.

Writer Confessions 9

On March 20, 2020March 20, 2020 By Elyan WhiteIn Writer Confessions2 Comments

Reading is good for you. It's good for learning empathy and it's good for honing your writing skills. Find time to read during the day the same way you find time to write: a paragraph at a time, in between tasks, in pieces and sometimes in the sly.

Writer Confessions 8

On October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Writer Confessions10 Comments

I admitted to the leader of a prose-writing workshop my worst fear was being misunderstood. He misunderstood what I meant.

Writer Confessions 7

On September 8, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, Writer Confessions3 Comments

It's a new month, which means it's time for a new set of shocking, scandalous writer confessions. Not for the faint of heart, I assure you.

Writer Confessions 6

On August 20, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, Writer Confessions3 Comments

Digging through the fresh rubble that is my July draft, I find I have a lot of soul-searching to do. Most writers who edit their own work seem to. In the wake of the Nano writing bender, I offer you the frank confessions of a haggard writer-in-editing.

Writer Confessions 5

On July 12, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Writer Confessions3 Comments

Creativity is not glamorous. Usually, it's a bit more like trying to shake a wet piece of paper out the bottom of the wastebin. Here are more confessions from and for the put-upon writer. (To all this month's Camp Nano participants, keep it up!)

Writer Confessions 4

On June 26, 2019June 29, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Writer Confessions1 Comment

Sometimes, the world just doesn't understand writers. Most of the time, writers don't understand writers. Or taxes, usually. But if you write, you might have to come to terms with some bizarre and unfortunate truths.

Writer Confessions 3

On May 26, 2019June 9, 2019 By Elyan WhiteIn Fiction, Writer ConfessionsLeave a comment

Talking writer problems to a non-writer is a bit like chatting up a flat-earther: you assume you're on the same page until you aren't. Every writer writes differently, of course. But on the off-chance you relate, here are the deep, gritty confessions (and precautions) of a habitual fiction-writer.

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