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...
by Ira | Apr 25, 2016 | Challenge, Journal
I’m 90 days away from 1,000 days you guys…that feels monumental. Tonight especially for some reason. I’m listening to very, very young versions of Wyclef Jean and Lauryn Hill right now because I was re-editing a section of a friend’s film...
