Katherine Frances's Blog, page 453
September 24, 2014
"Anyone who writes down to children is simply wasting his time. You have to write up, not down...."
- E.B. White (via maxkirin)
"If you really want to be a writer, nobody can stop you — and if you don’t, nobody can help you."
- Alma Alexander (via observando)
September 23, 2014
Some Things to Remember While Writing
If It Works, It Works
Are you worried about whether it’s okay to write a book with only one character? Or if it’s possible to kill off the hero at the end? Or if you can create horse-dragon hybrid?
Look, if it works for your story, it works. You are a writer. A creator. You’re supposed to be creative and daring and you’re supposed to put your passion into these stories. If you can make something work, for your story, then it works.
There is an Audience for Everything
There is literally an audience for everything. If you really love your idea about undercover robot lesbian cops who work in a coffee shop on a space station that serves thousands of aliens each day, then someone else will probably love it too.
You Have No Obligation
You do not have to show your writing to anyone, especially your first draft.
You do not have to publish all of your stories online or elsewhere.
You do not have to change the ending of your story if a disgruntled fan wanted something else to happen.
Your Story Will Have Similarities
True originality no longer exists and the obsession with originality will prevent you from getting any writing done. It will make your writing suffer. Do not let the fear of not being original enough stop you from writing a great story. All stories have similarities to each other, even when they are vastly different.
This is okay. This is normal.
Your First Draft is the Written Version of “I’ll Fix it Later”
The first draft is where you are allowed to procrastinate on the details. If you write a scene that isn’t well organized or a major info dump, just tell yourself you’ll fix it later. The only thing you have to do in your first draft is finish it.
Later drafts are where you clean everything up by rewriting the entire story.
I dare you to write about two powerful people meeting
Be creative with it. Are they enemies or friends? Does their meeting hold promise or fear? Maybe you could write from the pov of one of their employees?
Think outside the box!
And don’t forget to tag I dare you to write if you’re brave enough to publish it
writeworld:
Writer’s Block(Artist’s Tumblr)
A picture says a...
Writer’s Block
( Artist’s Tumblr)
A picture says a thousand words. Write them.
Mission: Write a story, a description, a poem, a metaphor, a commentary, or a critique about this picture. Write something about this picture.
Be sure to tag writeworld in your block!
Is there a printed version of your book? And how many downloads of your book are there?
Hey! I answered your first question in my video, but I ran out of time to answer your second question. The answer is I’m not sure how many total downloads, because I’m assuming you mean including not just people who have purchased my book, but those who have received it for free, like as advanced readers. But I will say this, it’s less than 40. Haha, yes I have not hit the big time yet folks. But that’s okay, and it’s as I expected it to be. I’ve only been published a little over a month, and it takes time and money to get your name out there.
Thanks again for the great questions!
September 22, 2014
In this weeks vlog I introduce my book and I play this fun...
In this weeks vlog I introduce my book and I play this fun game where I randomly take the character from popular fiction and place them in a random plot from a different book and talk about what would happen!
Also, thanks to society-fuck-ups for the great question about my book! For more weekly bookish/writerly vlogs, subscribe to my youtube channel.
Sorry if there is some weird audio quality this week guys, I am working on trying out new software. So every week things might be a little different until I get it how I want it :P
