Writerly Ways

[cornerofmadness]

I still have no good ideas as to a blog post for this so I'll get to the links in a minute. Hell I haven't even had time to write my camp nano. 3 days and I have less than 500 words. Geez. Maybe that should be my theme...

WHat I do know is that swearing is one of those less is more things, and that's ME saying it. You know I swear. I see this more in movies than books but someone's writing it. I just finished watching Logan and all the fucks really took away from a good movie. I mean Professor X doesn't say fuck all the time. Logan maybe but even I was appalled about how much he swore at the child actor. I sort of wished Jackman and/or Stewart would have said, this is so out of character. It definitely felt like the writer/director said 'wow we have an R rating, let 'er rip.'

Here's the links from Betty, Alina and BookBaby:

Self editing tips

Avoiding writing slumps (I need to sit and contemplate this one)

3 dimensional characters

Sleepy Hollow How much physical description

Sleepy Hollow making peace with your inner plotters/pantser

thank yous matter

cheat sheet check lists

Overcoming negativity I should print this one out and meditate on it.

The weight of the undone ditto this one

World Building in SF

What is irony

yeah maybe when it's not nearly bed time I'll actually get my word count and all that jazz