R. Brady Frost's Blog, page 17
March 24, 2012
Chicken Noodle Soup?
Originally published on HuntingTheMuse.com on Tuesday, November 25, 2008.
Oh my gosh. I am so sick! It seems like I am catching bug after bug. Last week it was stomach aches and the flu and this week it seems to be in my lungs. That's a big weak spot for me ever since my time in the military.
I got pneumonia pretty bad in Basic Training. It was about two weeks before Basic ended and we all moved on to our respective job training schools. I was so worried about being held back that I didn't go t...
Oh my gosh. I am so sick! It seems like I am catching bug after bug. Last week it was stomach aches and the flu and this week it seems to be in my lungs. That's a big weak spot for me ever since my time in the military.
I got pneumonia pretty bad in Basic Training. It was about two weeks before Basic ended and we all moved on to our respective job training schools. I was so worried about being held back that I didn't go t...
March 22, 2012
Christy Parks: At what point do we stop revising?
I was bouncing around the web this evening when I came across a blog post by Christy Parks. In her post she wrestled with a question that nearly every author must face: at what point do you leave a story alone and let it stand on its own? The compulsion for continual revision is a basic instinct. As we become better writers we begin to realize the flaws in our previous work. This can result in feelings of shame towards pieces we were once proud to show off.
Even in this post I found the irony ...
Even in this post I found the irony ...
March 21, 2012
Writing Short Stories
Originally published on HuntingTheMuse.com, September 2, 2008.
Sometimes I find myself questioning why I bother writing short stories when I see myself as more of an aspiring novel writer. The answer to that question is a simple one: I'm afraid.
I'm not scared of the time required to write a novel. I'm not scared of the words or even of my sustainable commitment level. Mostly I'm afraid that I just don't have the experience to pull it all together at the quality level I've come to expect from m...
Sometimes I find myself questioning why I bother writing short stories when I see myself as more of an aspiring novel writer. The answer to that question is a simple one: I'm afraid.
I'm not scared of the time required to write a novel. I'm not scared of the words or even of my sustainable commitment level. Mostly I'm afraid that I just don't have the experience to pull it all together at the quality level I've come to expect from m...
March 20, 2012
A Writer's Research
I have read a lot of 'How-to-Write' type books. I've bought even more. I have more than an entire shelf in my closet. If you added it all up, I think there's probably over 3-400 dollars worth of information, narrative, name dropping, and useless advice just sitting there. Even though I bought all those books, read most of them, and hoped for some magic answer, I didn't *poof* into some super publishing powerhouse. No one asked me to pose for the cover of a magazine. My books weren't made...
