No matter your success in the commercial aspects of you craft, you are repaid for your agony. All the blood coming out of the forehead is worth… Read more “The Ecstasy Of Being A Co-Creator Of The World”
Day: March 15, 2020
You Can Actually Bring Change To The World
You are creating stories that tell people how to live and how to believe. You can actually bring change to the world; you can give voice to… Read more “You Can Actually Bring Change To The World”
What Writers Have Been Doing For Countless Millenia
When we write stories we are doing what writers have been doing for countless millennia. We are, a story at a time, creating mores and ethical systems… Read more “What Writers Have Been Doing For Countless Millenia”
It Is By Our Stories That We Truly Live
Romance novels teach us how to love. Mysteries teach us about justice. Adventure stories take us to new places; sci fi, to other worlds and other dimensions.… Read more “It Is By Our Stories That We Truly Live”
Words To Ancient People Had Power
Words to ancient people had power. Witches and wizards cast spells with words. Hypnotists induce trances with word pictures. Priests bless with words. The God of Genesis… Read more “Words To Ancient People Had Power”
We Can
Much of the ill treatment writers receive is because of fear that as a writer, you have a third eye, that you can see reality with more… Read more “We Can”
I Am A Writer
At some point in your life, you stopped saying ‘I’m going to be a writer,’ and started saying ‘I am a writer.’ The implications of this change… Read more “I Am A Writer”
The Archetype Of The Hero Put There By Storytellers
At the moment of crisis, in the head of the ordinary man, the archetype of the hero put there by storytellers takes over, and an ordinary person… Read more “The Archetype Of The Hero Put There By Storytellers”
By Mastering Your Craft… You Are Gaining A Sort Of Supernatural Power
By mastering your craft, by bleeding through the forehead, you are gaining a sort of supernatural power, the power to create stories that cause people to enter… Read more “By Mastering Your Craft… You Are Gaining A Sort Of Supernatural Power”
Writing Is A Way Of Being
To be a writer you must take a leap of faith. Writing is not a job, not a profession: writing is a way of being. You live… Read more “Writing Is A Way Of Being”
Who The Hell Has Time For Dogs?
Who the hell has time for dogs? Writers don’t go out to a lot of movies, or baseball games, or picnics in the park. Writers don’t do… Read more “Who The Hell Has Time For Dogs?”
Days When You Think Your Mother Was Right
We all know there are days when the words will not flow from our brain to our fingertips, days when the most used key on the keyboard… Read more “Days When You Think Your Mother Was Right”
The Shocked, Hurt, Bewildered Expression On Their Faces
Did you notice, when you told your mother or father, sister, brother, or friend that you wanted to be a writer, the shocked, hurt, bewildered expression on… Read more “The Shocked, Hurt, Bewildered Expression On Their Faces”