Caroline RichardsonSep 29, 20213 minConcepts about Writing: Letting Go of Practice BooksIf you, as a writer, are anything like me, you have a billion half-structured ideas in your writing folders. Plot bunnies, dream...
Caroline RichardsonSep 16, 20213 minConcepts about Writing - Motivating MantrasWrite drunk, Edit sober - Ernest Hemingway... Writing is it’s own reward - Henry Miller... In writing you must kill all your darlings -...
Caroline RichardsonJul 7, 20213 minConcepts about Writing: Write What You LoveI’m currently writing the third book in a trilogy. It feels strange to type that I am on the last book of something I filed in my ideas...
Caroline RichardsonJun 9, 20213 minConcepts about Writing - Writing ExercisesWhat are writing exercises? Why should a writer use them? Are they useful? The definition of a writing exercise is this: short...
Caroline RichardsonMay 5, 20213 minConcepts about Writing - Location and Writing HabitI am sitting at the new(ish) location of my at-home work desk. I have a fancy expensive keyboard and curved monitor, and a switch to go...
Caroline RichardsonApr 14, 20212 minConcepts About Writing: Writing is a MuscleThere are moments when I want to quit writing. I wonder what the point is. Nothing is working, it all feels forced, I get frustrated with...