When I start thinking about how long it’s going to take me to finish what I’m writing, and about how good or bad it’s going to be, I am doomed! Creepy, paralyzing thoughts overtake me: * What if I can’t
Writing Inside the Diving Bell
The Zone in which we all want to write may be magical and even mystical, but the times and places that I have needed it most were pretty gritty and down to earth—and so the tricks and techniques I use
How You Tell Your Story
It’s not the story you tell—it’s how you tell the story. How often have we heard that? Many people say that there are only ten basic plots in all of literature. Or seven. Or twelve. Anyway, we human beings tell the
What is the Zone–and Do We Really Need It?
First, thank you for your patience while I indulged my Bad Non-Blogging Self and finished some projects. I did not, as some have surmised, enter the Zone and fall asleep in the poppy field—and I hereby commit to blogging every