by Ira | Apr 30, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
Hemmingway used to write and teach all the time about keeping it “simple.” That short, concise sentences were the key to profundity. I just read an article that seems to verify that, and it makes me think about my own writing. This article I read had a...
by Ira | Apr 29, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
So, here I am, on the morning of April 30th sitting down to write my pages for my novel…and I open my iPad (which is what I write both my blogs and most of my novel writing), and it’s set on what I last wrote for my novel last night before I went to...
by Ira | Apr 28, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
Today has to be a quick one. It’s already 1am and I got the works in the mornings. I podcasted. I worked. And I wrote. My book is 8 pages old. It’s supposed to be 9 pages old, but today was a beast. I still got 2 pages done. Tomorrow…well, no, I...
by Ira | Apr 27, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
I wrote to 6 pages today. It was the first thing I did. That’s a piece of advice that I can offer to any other aspiring writer out there who’s writing in addition to working full-time…write in the morning. Make it the first thing you do. Your day...
by Ira | Apr 26, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
I did it. “Untitled Gnome Project” is three pages and one day old. I knew I could do it…because I cheated a bit. I’d already written a page and a half months ago…but I still sat down and squeezed out another page and a half to make it a...
