Quote: Plot is no more…
Ray Bradbury on plot: “Plot is no more than footprints left in the snow after your characters have run by on their way to incredible destinations.”
Writing
Top 5 Songs to Write to: #1
Ok, here’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Bring out the karaoke lights and the dancing bear, it’s time for the number one song on my “Songs to Write to” list! I mentioned in one of the comments to an earlier post how much I love the Lord of the Rings soundtrack, but how the music …
Top 5 Songs to Write to #2
My second favorite song to write to is probably at least as obscure as the last one, if not more so. Although it has a connection to an actual movie soundtrack, it is a unique arrangement that wasn’t in the movie. Making things even more unusual, I first discovered this song via the youtube video for it. …
Top 5 Songs to Write to #3
I’ve already explained in this series of posts how I almost always use music from soundtracks to write to. And while that usually means movie soundtracks, such is not the case with this week’s song. I’d wager that at least some of the people reading this will have never heard the theme song from the …
Top 5 Songs to Write to #4
I’m running through my playlist of the top five songs to write to and, as I mentioned before, it’s all songs from soundtracks and all instrumental songs at that. My number four song comes from a movie that is actually based on a book which I’ve reviewed and which I thoroughly enjoy and that is …
Top 5 Songs to Write to #5
I always write to music. I write on a laptop so I always have a selection of songs at the ready, but there are really only a handful that I typically write to. Usually it will be an album, but sometimes it will just be a single song on repeat. I only use instrumental music. …
Quote: A writer who waits…
Here’s a little piece of advice for writers. If you’re having trouble writing, the best solution is to write. Writers write. It’s a curiously obvious maxim and when which E.B. White knew quite well. Here’s a great quote from the author himself reminding us writers to be about our business and stop making excuses. A writer …
The Motivator
There are many motivations people have for sitting down to write: to express frustration, to describe something beautiful, to record ideas and concepts for posterity. I made a short video a while back entitled which touched on some of the reasons why I write. But as far as the day to day motivation, sometimes the big …
