This month, something changed. Someone flicked the switch back to “ON”. That flame deep within me was relit and exploded with sheer writing desire. I’ve rediscovered my inspiration, my passion and my determination. I’m writing and it feels good. So…
Fantasy In Motion
The personal blog of fantasy writer J W Shortland. Thoughts on writing & worldbuilding, interviews with authors and genre news.
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The Words Are Flowing
Finally, I have started to feel like my writing is flowing for the first time in a long while. I wrote 1000 words yesterday and again today. I hope to make it a daily target. I think the secret was…
Posted in My Thoughts, Writing
Writing 1K a Day
If you’ve ever had a go at writing fiction, short story, flash fic, full-blown novel or otherwise, you’ll know how difficult it can be to maintain a good pace. By that, I mean it’s not only hard to write something…
Tagged with: 1000, Creative writing, fiction, Fiction writing, Michael Moorcock, novel, Quickly, Words, Writers Resources, writing
Posted in Writing
Posted in Writing
NaNoWriMo 2012 Approaches!
As you may know, National Novel Writing Month 2012 is fast approaching. If you don’t know what this momentous occasion is all about, I’ll tell you. It’s about writing a novel in a month. There. Easy, right? Well, maybe. Any…
The Importance of Being Competitive
Do you like what I did with the title there? Nah, I didn’t think it was that good either… Today I want to talk about writing competitions and how important they are to a fledgling writer. It’s sometimes as easy…
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