…I wrote pretty well, for the first time in a week. I had been sidestepping a particular POV because it scares me, and so things stalled. The subconscious is a ruthless, pitiless terrorist organization. Mine certainly tortures me into going places I’d rather not be. So I spent yesterday in the head of a male character I have avoided until this point. And yes, it’s moving along now. And yes, I’m grumpy about it.
Weblog greatest hits
- if I had a hammer, or: that opinionated bitch, my muse
- heartburn, and the digestion of feedback
- plot vs story
- pov: the unreliable narrator
- Uncle Peter’s eloquence
- writing gesture
- advice for aspiring novelists
- the midlist/midlife crisis
- fair play: the author as a local business
- to say nothing of the dog … proofreading
- authorial confessions
- dear editor
- symbolically stalin