Ever feel so obsessed and eyeball deep in a story that you start writing and can't stop? It's only happened to me twice now. I get so wound up in my own story that I can't stop writing. This weekend, I pumped out twenty thousand words in a day. No, I'm not inflating that number. … Continue reading Obsession
Tag: woes of a writer
The Future
Sometimes we're more worried about tomorrow than we are today, and we can't see what's right in front us. We know where we want to go, but we don't see the way to get there. We're blinded by dreams, some say. We're blinded by the dream and can't see the reality in order to achieve … Continue reading The Future
Workshop Blues/Tact
I'm doing my MFA online and I'm currently in a workshop class. In this class, two people a week will submit stories and everyone else provides feedback. I did my part with the two stories, as usual, and then tonight I received an email from the instructor informing me that one of the writers last … Continue reading Workshop Blues/Tact