If you write so that one day you can make the big bucks and get movie deals, then I guess that’s alright. But if you’re going to follow and base your story on the current book trend, don’t bother. Like in fashion, the latest trend in books can change into something new. Vampire stories can remain popular only for so long. It’s best to ignore the trends and write what you want to write.
According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a writer is ‘someone whose work is to write books, poems, stories, etc. The dictionary can only explain the occupation of a writer. But not why he/she writes. Why? Because everyone writes for different reasons.
If you write so that one day you can make the big bucks and get movie deals, then I guess that’s alright. But if you’re going to follow and base your story on the current book trend, don’t bother. Like in fashion, the latest trend in books can change into something new. Vampire stories can remain popular only for so long. It’s best to ignore the trends and write what you want to write.
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Caravaggio, "Narcissus." Oil on canvas, 1597-1599
*Credit for this image goes to TotallyHistory.com As writers, we’re always told to flesh out our characters. But they didn’t refer to just our protagonists. If even secondary characters need substance then how do we write our antagonists? The villains in our stories aren’t always monstrous/fantastical creatures. Take for example, Lord Voldemort. He is villain numero uno in the Harry Potter series. To Harry himself and the entire magical and muggle world. He looked the part with his red slitted eyes, pale skin and skeletal body. But I also found him to be pitiable as well. I rushed out my house this morning determined to catch my bus. The big dipper, or was it the little dipper, power walked together with me from above. Soon after a Cheshire smile consumed by blotchy red moon joined in. I ended up missing my bus by two minutes. Yet something told me that it must've flown by before schedule. The next one was no better as my stop request went ignored and I had to turn back first chance I'd got. And so, on my way to my intended destination I found an email by Greg Schroeder. He is a tutor, an author of three poetry books and two blogs, The Amateur Military Historian and Blog the Eclectic. And it was on the latter that had a post that turned my morning around.
It's a double Monday! I've been playing around on PowToon, an online presentation software, as part of my book promotion goals. And now today, I'm ready to reveal "Can You Catch My Flow?" promotional video made by yours truly. Tell me what you think about my first foray into animated videos. Enjoy. *Credit for the image used in the graphic above goes to GraphicStock.
I’ve been procrastinating the past few weekends. And not just on writing but also on laundry, cooking and other things. Procrastination is a sign of poor management skills. Where more pleasurable things are given a higher priority above other important tasks. Yet something happened amidst all the dawdling and delaying. Something that made me believe that maybe procrastination had gotten a bad rep since the 1540s. It’s October. And while some of us might be congregating under beer tents, the rest of us are preparing for battle. A battle with ourselves.
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