by Susan Lovett | Oct 20, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, NaNoWriMo |
Next month is NaNoWriMo: the National Novel Writing Month. It’s a time when writers around the world hunker down to write 50 thousand words on a novel in a single month. It’s not a small endeavor. So why do it?
Here are my top seven benefits to you from choosing to join NaNoWriMo:
by Susan Lovett | Oct 13, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Writing Career |
There are no rules.
Just kidding. Of course there are rules. There are rules of grammar, plot, structure, etiquette and all manner of other aspects of writing and publishing. The problem is there isn’t one, single set of rules. There are many.
by Susan Lovett | Oct 6, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Business Advice, Motivation |
In this series on rejection, we’ve looked at how to handle the disappointment and reason behind rejections. Now let’s get a little bit of perspective.
Every writer gets rejected. Every one. Even the best.
by Susan Lovett | Sep 29, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Business Advice, Motivation |
In the first blog of this series, we talked about how to handle rejection. Now let’s look at why rejections happen…and they are going to happen.
by Susan Lovett | Sep 22, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Business Advice, Motivation |
Rejection is part of a writer’s life no matter if you are writing books, scripts, speeches or blogs. Every writer has been rejected at some point in letters, emails, texts, phone calls and in person. And it never gets easier.
by Susan Lovett | Sep 15, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Motivation |
It doesn’t matter if we’re always at home now or not, it’s always hard to find time to write. There are too many distractions: paying work, family, home improvement projects, laundry, dishes, dinner, Netflix, YouTube, Pinterest, Instagram, piles of books. So many lovely excuses keeping you from the page. Heck, that blank page is often enough to prompt bouts of irrational cleaning. Anything instead of doing the work.
It’s not always about finding the time. It’s about creating the right mindset so you want to write and then carving out time to do just that.
by Susan Lovett | Jul 28, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Reading |
Like the rest of the pandemic-trapped world, I’m at home social distancing and watching way too much HGTV. It has inspired me to launch a few home improvement projects and write this blog, which is admittedly more of a rant. Sorry. Though I think I do make some good points about using the right word and why that’s important, so please read through the rant to the end. It gets better. And thanks for letting me get this off my chest.
by Susan Lovett | Jul 21, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Motivation |
A continuation of the first part. Five more bits of advice for aspiring writers.
by Susan Lovett | Jul 14, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Motivation |
1. Write, It’s As Easy As That
This will end your “aspirations” and make you an actual writer. The fact is you are either writing or you are not writing. There is no in-between.
by Susan Lovett | Jul 7, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Motivation |
In this world of quarantine and social distancing, the only escape we have left is story-based. Whether you choose to open a book, lose yourself in a movie, or tackle the latest video game story mode, it is the story that draws us in and lets us forget about our worries for a while.
by Susan Lovett | Jun 23, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Motivation |
There are so many blogs out there about writing and they all offer advice. Some of them contain sound advice and some are so vague they barely count as helpful. My intent at Figments & Fables is to share advice and tips that will help someone have a real career, whether in fiction or nonfiction. If I ever stray in this goal, feel free to nudge me back on course.
by Susan Lovett | Jun 16, 2020 | A Writer's Life, Blog, Motivation |
We all know that writing is easy, “All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed” according to Ernest Hemingway. And that is true to a point. But it isn’t the whole truth. Writing is easy and hard, but it’s also exciting, creative, playful, and relaxing. It feeds the soul and can be magical.