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Writing Blog Number 2

by S 🤦

Rated: 18+ · Book · Personal · #2311764

This is a continuation of my blogging here at WdC

This will be a blog for my writing, maybe with (too much) personal thrown in. I am hoping it will be a little more interactive, with me answering questions, helping out and whatnot. If it falls this year (2024), then I may stop the whole blogging thing, but that's all a "wait and see" scenario.

An index of topics can be found here: "Writing Blog No.2 Index"

Feel free to comment and interact.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Aiva Raine

Mar 28, 2025 at 4:40pm
In response to "20250328 Writing Advice From Lucy Clark"

I like the vomit draft concept. Gives you permission to not feel compelled to make it perfect on the first try.

tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Mar 28, 2025 at 11:30am
In response to "20250328 Writing Advice From Lucy Clark"

I agree with all, but especially number three. I have stated to my wife, who supports my writing, that I need time to write. It's not so much me taking time to write, it's getting others to respect my time to write without interruptions, distractions, and putting demands on that time.

dogpack saving 4premium+

Mar 28, 2025 at 9:06am
In response to "20250328 Writing Advice From Lucy Clark"

I learned a long time ago to write even if it's the ABCs. Writing when it makes no sense or is non-sense is a very good thing. Trash is a good thing too because even in the trash gems can be found.

THANKFUL SONAL shall catch up!

Mar 28, 2025 at 12:37am
In response to "20250326 Reading And Watching"

Interesting point. What I like most is you discuss this, as a reader and writer, in a balanced way. I'd be screaming 'no movies, no movies, read the book!'

I'm a complete Potterhead and I read the books before watching the movies and the books are way better though the movies do have their moments. I haven't the foggiest notion about Game of Thrones, to be honest.

My fear is something more basic than just book v/s movie or our generation v/s this one. It's this - are people unable to distinguish fact from fiction any more? I've read that people have answered history questions about dictators with Voldemort as an example!!

Thanks for this thought provoking blog entry.

Elisa, Stik of Clubs

Mar 24, 2025 at 11:53am
In response to "20250324 One Situation, Many Writers"

I'm more E-2: I get a better paying job and professionally annihilate the ex through a weird combination of gambling and gaining power/influence in the broader community.

tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Mar 24, 2025 at 10:35am
In response to "20250324 One Situation, Many Writers"

Very well developed. We had an exercise in our composition class in college similar to this. We were given an outline for a story and had to write the story, then compare them. The same outline produced 35 different stories.

Bodhisattwa Parekh

Mar 21, 2025 at 2:21am
In response to "20240528 Author Website"

Of course it is very helpful to us who want to know how a personal website works.

How does an author's website work? It is an important question. You show us all the possible ways.

We remain grateful to you for that.

dogpack saving 4premium+

Mar 20, 2025 at 8:46pm
In response to "20240528 Author Website"

I appreciate this information, thank you. It helps me think about the content should be for each page. I've heard two schools of information about author websites. One is to start an author website before you publish and the other is to wait until you publish. Do you have any thoughts about these?

Do you have any recommendations for free websites especially some most beneficial to writers/authors?

S 🤦

Mar 20, 2025 at 1:01am
In response to "20250319 Profanity"

tj wanderlust-words-in-motion - The problem is, I am Australian. I write as an Australian. Pandering to people for whom bad words cause the vapours probably means they are not my audience. C'est la vie.

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tj wanderlust-words-in-motion

Mar 19, 2025 at 10:21am
In response to "20250319 Profanity"

I was once told to pick the language that fits the story and the audience you're writing to. Using explicit language can turn away many readers.

March 28, 2025 at 12:03am

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20250328 Writing Advice From Lucy Clark

Writing Advice From Lucy Clark

So, in this post I am going to steal some writing advice from a fellow writer. It comes from Lucy Clark, a romance writer I discovered when I first started to read romance.

5 Tips To Writing Your Novel by Lucy Clark (with added comments by me)

1. If you don’t write your story, who will? (Seems basic, but it is the basis of all writing. You have a story – you, no-one else. Write it. It’s your story. Write it. Write it!)

2. Procrastinate… but then write. (And that’s what it comes down to – if you want to write eventually you are going to have to, you know, write.)

3. You make time to go to the gym, work, sleep, socialise, so why not make time to write? (And this is something that gets me. So many people say to me, “I want to write, but I can’t find the time.” Well, as Lucy Clark says, if you can find the time for everything else, then you can find time to write.)

4. Research is MASSIVE and time-consuming and from all the info you collate, you’ll condense it to two lines in your story. (I’ve sort of covered this in the past, but this is such a good way to put it. Even though you might know what you’re talking about, it doesn’t mean you have to dump it all at your reader to show that you have done your research. Research is vital to make sure your story works – even though in some books that are wonderful, the research is lacking – but you don’t have to browbeat your reader with your new-found knowledge.)

5. Give yourself permission to write a ‘vomit’ draft (get it out of you). You can fix a bad page but you can’t fix a blank page. (Couldn’t have put it better myself. That’s what second drafts are for.)

Some more great advice from another writer. Can’t beat it.

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