One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them, to have the right ones form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment. – Hart Crane
Writing Success: What Does It Mean To You?
Like most creative professions the question of a qualified success in writing is not easy to concentrate into one definitive answer.
Poetry: An Exercise In Emotion And Vulnerability
[Henry David] Thoreau is a keen and delicate observer of nature – a genuine observer – which, I suspect, is almost as rare a character as even an original poet; and Nature, in return for his love, seems to adopt him as her especial child, and shows him secrets which few others are allowed to witness. Nathaniel Hawthorne (Journal entry, September 1, 1842)
Readers: Are They Involved?
There are two specific, yet lofty goals writers strive for every time they commit words to paper. That goal is to write in such a way as to draw their readers into the written word.
The One You Love To Hate
Many of the best stories in fiction have both an antagonist and a protagonist.
The Perfect Freelance Writer
“Careers, like rockets, don’t always take off on schedule. The key is to keep working the engines.” – Gary Sinese
The Sweet Taste Of Success
Writers are an interesting breed of humanity they can make us feel joy, sadness, anger and empathy. Sometimes they can cause us to feel all these emotions simultaneously.
Dusting Off A Dream: Writing Success At Any Age
Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk. – J.C. Penney
First Time Novelist Faux Pau
Those who venture into fiction writing often fall prey to certain avoidable, yet highly normal faux pau’s with their first book.
Greeting Cards: For In-Between Freelancing
“U.S. consumers purchase approximately 7 billion greeting cards each year, generating nearly $7.5 billion in retail sales.” *
Just Write: Wherever You Are
There was a time when you needed to relocate if you wanted to become a successful writer. In essence you went where the work was.
A Writers Life For Me?
It may be the hope of all who have ever put pen to paper that they might be able to write on a full-time basis. The romantic notion of a writer’s life is compelling enough to many to find them seeking ways to make a living by crafting the written word.