Angela Kay Austin's Blog, page 26
November 15, 2011
Character Inspiration
Gary Dourdan of "CSI Las Vegas"
November 6, 2011
Rules for writing fiction
As written for The Guardian by David Hare, playwright.
1 Write only when you have something to say.
2 Never take advice from anyone with no investment in the outcome.
3 Style is the art of getting yourself out of the way, not putting yourself in it.
4 If nobody will put your play on, put it on yourself.
5 Jokes are like hands and feet for a painter. They may not be what you want to end up doing but you have to master them in the meanwhile.
6 Theatre primarily belongs to the young.
7 No one has ever achieved consistency as a screenwriter.
8 Never go to a TV personality festival masquerading as a literary festival.
9 Never complain of being misunderstood. You can choose to be understood, or you can choose not to.
10 The two most depressing words in the English language are "literary fiction".
November 5, 2011
Truly, Madly, Deeply Romance Authors
Don't forget to drop by Truly, Madly, Deeply Romance Authors for the chance to read FREE romance stories by some of your favorite authors! Every Saturday!
And of course, for the opportunity to win some fabulous prizes!!!
October 29, 2011
Feel For Lumps, Check Your Bumps
In honor of my grandmothers, my mother and I walked with thousands of others in the annual Memphis installment of the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure!Find a race near you!
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October 27, 2011
October 20, 2011
One day I will...
Watch other people walk on it :-)
October 19, 2011
Blogging at Coffee Time Romance
I'm blogging all day over at Coffee Time Romance's Coffee Thoughts.I've chatted several times at CTR, and loved it! This time, I'm doing something a little different, and I hope that you guys will pop by and join me for a few hours.
October 15, 2011
Character Inspiration
Morris Chestnut, movie and television actor
October 6, 2011
Rules for writing fiction
As written for The Guardian by Neil Gaiman, short story writer and novelist.
1 Write.
2 Put one word after another. Find the right word, put it down.
3 Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
4 Put it aside. Read it pretending you've never read it before. Show it to friends whose opinion you respect and who like the kind of thing that this is.
5 Remember: when people tell you something's wrong or doesn't work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong.
6 Fix it. Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.
7 Laugh at your own jokes.
8 The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you're allowed to do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But it's definitely true for writing.) So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I'm not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter.
October 1, 2011
Truly, Madly, Deeply Romance Authors
Don't forget to drop by Truly, Madly, Deeply Romance Authors for the chance to read FREE romance stories by some of your favorite authors! Every Saturday!
And of course, for the opportunity to win some fabulous prizes!!!
