by Ira | Mar 1, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Writing craft is hard. How do you suck in a reader with words? How do you make something come alive to them, reveal the story and its characters in a manner that makes them feel real and alive, and therefore worthy of our joy and pain? And its not as simple as knowing...
by Ira | Feb 29, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
Boy. Today was…busy for a Saturday. Which is weird, because I do actually feel kind of rested. Not completely, and I don’t know honestly if I’m going to get that from this weekend, just because of how much stuff is going on, but I did quite a lot today. It...
by Ira | Feb 28, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
It’s another short entry tonight because it’s already almost 1am… But I was super stressed out yesterday and this morning that I wasn’t going to get done what I wanted and needed to get done for work…but I did. I got enough done AND got myself a little...
by Ira | Feb 27, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
I. Am. ZONKED. I worked 12 hours today at the Flix. Have a project that needs getting done, and I just wasn’t going to get there unless I put in some extra time. Might have to do the same tomorrow…we’ll see. I hope not 😛 Hopefully the up and ups like the work...
by Ira | Feb 26, 2020 | Challenge, Journal
The ability to know when a scene is or isn’t working is a skill. It’s definitely one I have yet to master…but, I do have the sense most of the time with my writing. It’s not always clear what to DO about a scene that isn’t working, but at the very least, I...
