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Where Do Writers Get Ideas?
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Part 3: Crafting a Process for Harvesting Ideas The dreaded question. Where do writers get their ideas? I’ve been exploring this the past few weeks. I believe that writers don’t like to answer this question because—for a busy, accomplished writer—getting ideas is the easy part. Their creative subconscious is always…
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Where Do Writers Get Ideas?
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Part 2: The Things that Inspire you to Write For some reason, writers don’t like to talk about where they get their ideas. And to the outside observer, it seems like writers magically get their ideas from the thin air. In this series of posts, I hope to break down…
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Getting Used to Writing Badly
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I don’t know much about Jennifer Egan, but she’s credited with one great quote: “You can only write regularly if you’re willing to write badly. You can’t write regularly and well. One should accept bad writing as a way of priming the pump, a warm-up exercise that allows you to…
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Where Do Writers Get Ideas?
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Part 1: The Dreaded Question & Where to Start People who don’t write often ask this question: where do you get your ideas? It’s true that, when you look at a finished product, a story appears like magic. This strange person mysteriously came up with out-of-this-world idea that you would…
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Out in the Sun for Too Long: Fruit
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What is the best kind of fruit? I ask myself this question on an almost daily basis. If you ask me, the best kind of fruit doesn’t require a lot of work to be eaten. Some might say the raspberry. I don’t like those kinds of people. Raspberries are a…
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New content coming soon!
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It’s been a while since I updated the website. My apologies for folks who’ve been looking for more Wizard of Quippley comics. The comic’s not dead, but I’m taking a break. I’ve been putting all my creative energy into brand new Silas Black short stories that will be available as e-books on…