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Art as a Psychopathology

puntitas wrote 1 week ago: The life of an artist is much maligned. Despite my dreams of becoming a rich and famous writer with … more →

Tags: Beginnings, business of writing, Connections and Links

Plot and Collaboration--a post that is less interesting than the name suggests

puntitas wrote 1 week ago: Puntitas has been feeling very philosophical this week. She has done no writing, but she has read a … more →

Tags: Abstract vs. Concrete, Craft, Editing, Fiction, imagery, Poetry, Reading, Research, Revision

The Mechanics

puntitas wrote 2 months ago: I’m having one of those brutal reminders of the importance of little things. I’ve taken a break … more →

Tags: Fears and Neuroses, Motivation, pacing, writing process

Out of the Head and on to the Paper

puntitas wrote 3 months ago: I had several possible topics in mind for today: • A pretentious interview at the end of the Chels … more →

Tags: Abstract vs. Concrete, audience, Cliché, Connections and Links, Craft, Poetry, Reading, Research, Revision

A Day's Travel in the Abyss

puntitas wrote 3 months ago: I really should do a better job of sticking to my own resolve. Last post I decided that I wouldn’t … more →

Tags: Editing, Endings, Fears and Neuroses, Motivation, Poetry, Revision, writing process

A Little History

puntitas wrote 3 months ago: The first creative writing class I took in college was a lower division fiction writing class. I lea … more →

Tags: audience, Beginnings, Connections and Links, Craft, Motivation, Reading, Research

Breakthroughs 1-5 Plus Another One or Two

puntitas wrote 4 months ago: The last few days have been momentous for Puntitas the writer. 1. I made writing top priority in a t … more →

Tags: audience, business of writing, Fears and Neuroses, Fiction, Motivation, Poetry, Research, Revision, writing process

Say It Again

puntitas wrote 4 months ago: I’m going to try working on a poem today. It’s current title is “My Dog Licks His Balls While … more →

Tags: audience, character, Connections and Links, Craft, Formula Romance, pacing, Poetry, Reading, Title

Rant on the Quasi-Raza

puntitas wrote 5 months ago: Since my last publication was over a year ago, I’m not sure that I can still officially call mysel … more →

Tags: business of writing

Discussing Someone Else's Writing

puntitas wrote 5 months ago: Saturday I workshopped with another friend. We didn’t discuss a draft. We discussed a general writ … more →

Tags: Fiction, writing process, Motivation, mystery novel, Connections and Links, Extraterrestrial Story, Workshop, Craft

This is why I write!!!

schoolgirl777 wrote 5 months ago: Hear my prayer, O LORD, sometimes, like today, I feel like I cannot go on.  Let my cry for help com … more →

Step 11 comment

puntitas wrote 5 months ago: Bill W. is a wise, wise man: admitting to a problem is the first step in finding its solution. This … more →

Tags: Endings, character, Beginnings, knitting, Research, Fiction, writing process, Short Story, business of writing

The Hero's Journey

puntitas wrote 6 months ago: Some days it’s hard to be nice. When mood is not an ally, when rudeness prevails, when life deals … more →

Tags: Connections and Links

What's in a Love Story?

puntitas wrote 6 months ago: Despite the fact that I’ve written all but the last two chapters of a formula romance, I’ve actu … more →

Tags: Revision, Formula Romance, Research, writing process, Reading

Exploring the Other

puntitas wrote 6 months ago: Since I just got spammed by Beowulf (good to know diamond replicas can be affordable and glass is st … more →

Tags: Point Of View, Originality, Reading

One Week Late

puntitas wrote 7 months ago: I wrote this last Saturday on my Note taker, but I wasn’t able to upload. I’m debating … more →

Tags: Revision, character, Research, Fiction, writing process, novella

All About Drama

puntitas wrote 7 months ago: This morning I finished reading The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, a first novel about a father who giv … more →

Tags: character, Endings, Fiction, Novel, novella, Reading

Resolutions--Sort of

puntitas wrote 7 months ago: So it’s January 2, the expected time for talking about new beginnings. The first two that come to … more →

Tags: knitting

In the Details

puntitas wrote 8 months ago: When is a piece of writing ever done? That’s the question I struggle with most. I think things are … more →

Tags: character, Controlling Idea, Endings, imagery, Miltonian Sonnet, Poetry, Revision, Shakespearean Sonnet


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