OK, I’m a little nervous. Two days until we begin this journey of writing a story a day. But it’s a good nervous. It’s an energetic nervous. I’m like a stallion in the gate, ready for the off. Quivering a little. Already I’m noticing benefits from this Story A Day project: I’m looking at the… Continue reading What Was I Thinking?!
Author: JulieD
All You Need Is Rov(ing)
I can be a bit reserved. I can see someone who looks really interesting and unless I’ve got a good excuse (like when I worked for newspapers, or in bars and shops) I tend not to wander up, introduce myself and ask all the questions I want to ask. Last week, however, my love of… Continue reading All You Need Is Rov(ing)
iPad Review: Using the iPad as an eBook Reader
Let me be upfront right, er, up front: I love my Kindle (s). But I was intrigued by the iPad because it was so damned new and sexy and multifuction and did I mention new and sexy? I had used my iPhone’s Kindle app as a portable ebook reader, for those times when I didn’t… Continue reading iPad Review: Using the iPad as an eBook Reader
Short Stories Are Not Novels
The best short stories can say a lot, but they don’t try to do too much. Writing a story a day is going to be a huge challenge. Inventing characters and settings and inhabiting them for just one day? Huge. Don’t try to do too much. We don’t have the time or space to tell… Continue reading Short Stories Are Not Novels
The Cost of Gas
Last year a helicopter carrying workers to their rigs crashed into the North Sea. My brother-in-law takes a helicopter out to work on his rig, every so often. He wasn’t on this one. 20 years ago, before my sister was married, there was a terrible fire on one of the rigs in the North Sea.… Continue reading The Cost of Gas
A Week of Stories From One (Stolen) Idea
Is your story refusing to sing? Are you sick of the sound of your own prose? There are times when every (good) writer feels this way. It could be a moment of great despair, but it could also be an opportunity to try something new.
Ideas! Ideas! Finding Writing Ideas For You Short Story
I’m going to write A Story A Day in May. I bet you could too… Some days finding ideas is easier than others. On the days where the story ideas are flowing, stick a bucket under the spigot and catch them all. You’ll need them later. (And when you come back to them, give them… Continue reading Ideas! Ideas! Finding Writing Ideas For You Short Story
How To Write A Story A Day
I’m going to write A Story A Day in May. Dare to join me? I’m not sure yet (because I haven’t done it), but I think it’s going to be possible to write a story a day. Here are some of the ways I’m planning to make time every day to tell stories: Tell Stories… Continue reading How To Write A Story A Day
How To Write A Story A Day
I’m not sure yet (because I haven’t done it), but I think it’s going to be possible to write a story a day.
Here are some of the ways I’m planning to make time every day to tell stories:
Creative Writing Mentors
There are books that I enjoy and there are books that I love.
When I want to do some creative writing I tend to dip into a piece by one of my favourite authors (sometimes that can be a TV show or a movie) to get that fix, before I start.
My “Get Jazzed About Writing” superstars are…