NOT ANOTHER WRITING TIP
I am writing today to talk about writing tips and why writers can’t seem to stop posting writing tips on their blogs. No, the tip is not – “don’t use the same word twice in the same sentence or the same paragraph!”
Far be it from me to tell other writers how to write. I’m not perfect. If I were perfect, I’d be contracted with a large traditional publisher. If I followed all the writing tips ever written by an indie author, grammar expert though some could be, I’d still be an indie writer without the perfection necessary to get a contract with a major, traditional publishing house.
I wanted to write, instead, about an epiphany that recently blazed through my often addled brain. I would have posted this article much sooner, but the desire to experiment, in order to prove the theory, required a bit of time. First, let me assure myself that you all understand the definition of epiphany in a non-religious way. An epiphany is “a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.” Hmmm.
Okay, not an epiphany. Nothing ever happens suddenly with me these days. Let’s call it a revelation (not in a religious way). A revelation is "the act or process of disclosing something previously secret or obscure, especially something true." Yes, that’s more like it, I think.
So, I had a revelation. Immediately after I’d been reading a chapter or two of my all-time most favorite author’s current bestseller, I discovered that I write much better myself. So much better, in fact, that I could be my all-time most favorite author’s twin! Yes. My SWAG here is that…oh, hang on; a SWAG is a Scientifically Wild-Ass Guess. They are much more…Well, scientific than a simple WAG. Anyway, my SWAG is that while reading your all-time favorite author’s words, you absorb some of their talents. It doesn’t last long, but if you “make hay while the sun shines,” as my granddaddy used to say, you can get some pretty potent writing done.
Although I fully expect everyone within shouting distance of this post to run out and buy everything I’ve ever written, especially after I unveil the fact that my all-time favorite author is Stephen King; I have a disclaimer to make. (Sigh) I did not discover this amazing writing tip until after I’d already finished two novels and a short story anthology. Well, the good news is that I DID discover the secret, and I am thoroughly wearing it out while writing the conclusion of my trilogy. Can I get a “Yeehaw?” No? How about a sympathy sale?
Far be it from me to tell other writers how to write. I’m not perfect. If I were perfect, I’d be contracted with a large traditional publisher. If I followed all the writing tips ever written by an indie author, grammar expert though some could be, I’d still be an indie writer without the perfection necessary to get a contract with a major, traditional publishing house.
I wanted to write, instead, about an epiphany that recently blazed through my often addled brain. I would have posted this article much sooner, but the desire to experiment, in order to prove the theory, required a bit of time. First, let me assure myself that you all understand the definition of epiphany in a non-religious way. An epiphany is “a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of something, usually initiated by some simple, homely, or commonplace occurrence or experience.” Hmmm.
Okay, not an epiphany. Nothing ever happens suddenly with me these days. Let’s call it a revelation (not in a religious way). A revelation is "the act or process of disclosing something previously secret or obscure, especially something true." Yes, that’s more like it, I think.
So, I had a revelation. Immediately after I’d been reading a chapter or two of my all-time most favorite author’s current bestseller, I discovered that I write much better myself. So much better, in fact, that I could be my all-time most favorite author’s twin! Yes. My SWAG here is that…oh, hang on; a SWAG is a Scientifically Wild-Ass Guess. They are much more…Well, scientific than a simple WAG. Anyway, my SWAG is that while reading your all-time favorite author’s words, you absorb some of their talents. It doesn’t last long, but if you “make hay while the sun shines,” as my granddaddy used to say, you can get some pretty potent writing done.
Although I fully expect everyone within shouting distance of this post to run out and buy everything I’ve ever written, especially after I unveil the fact that my all-time favorite author is Stephen King; I have a disclaimer to make. (Sigh) I did not discover this amazing writing tip until after I’d already finished two novels and a short story anthology. Well, the good news is that I DID discover the secret, and I am thoroughly wearing it out while writing the conclusion of my trilogy. Can I get a “Yeehaw?” No? How about a sympathy sale?
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