Thursday, September 16, 2010

Writing In Different Genres - A Writer's Tool Belt

One of the fundamental parts of being writers, I think, is knowing your purpose for writing. Now, I'll admit this is made much easier when your freelancing gigs keep you covered up in short informative articles or web content. That makes it simple. Yet, like any writer, you have this basic sense of purpose informing your choices on how to present those words. The issue is really one of genre. I've haven't actively thought about this in a while other than some idle thoughts about switching over and writing some fiction rather than nonfiction. That's really it.

Thursday, September 9, 2010

I Didn't Plan This Post: Why A Plan Can Make A Difference

I didn't think that much about this post at first. When the title came to me it was after a few minutes of sitting here, realizing that I really didn't have a plan for this week's post. I had this vague notion that I wanted to write something here before the work week was over, but I really didn't have a specific idea I wanted to develop into an article. Then I realized that the subject of planning itself - especially in the context of writing - was a worthy subject. It's one that I do address from time to time, but I will admit that I'm not the best planner.

Thursday, September 2, 2010

No It's Not Writer's Block, It's....

It seems I keep circling around this topic every time I think about what I want to say here. Writer's block is nothing new if you happen to be a writer by trade. It's been covered so many times in so many contexts that I really don't think it is worth the time to address anew here. Okay, you might be wondering why I'm writing this post then. I want to answer that by saying that I'm beginning to think differently about the whole concept of writer's block.