Beat Writer’s Block

Here are three quick and easy techniques you can use to help you keep on writing, no matter what; to give writer’s block the elbow and enable you to get on with your writing work.

Your Muse

Writing is for the muse; rewriting, for the conscious mind.

Struggling

It can be called writers block or the missing muse, but in the end it all comes down to not feeling that anything about which one reads is interesting enough to make us want to apply our literary skills to it and shape it into something others want to read.

Musings: August 17,2011

Interview with a Muse

Perplexed by the inner workings of the mind of my Muse, I determined that the best way to approach these considerations was the direct one, seeing as passive aggressiveness has proven useless (my Muse still arrives at one a.m. whether I pay attention to him or not, and persistently nags at me to set my ideas to canvas or paper on his schedule). So, herein is a summary of the question and answer session which transpired.

Too Much Time at The Computer

There comes a point when you realize that your world has shrunk dramatically, because of an obsession to get as much as possible out onto the web, to the point where all you do is eat, sleep and pound the keyboard.

Gibberish

Written because of writers group I belong to. Thoughts about conquering your fears.

Finding Something to Write About(because It Rhymes)

I keep a notebook where I write poems and sometimes I get ideas while away from home and nowhere near this notebook, but when I finally reach the notebook I sometimes have problems thinking of something to write about…So with this particular poem, I took a philosophical approach and thought "Why not write about not knowing what to write about?"
Enjoy.

Flash Fiction Story Leads

Writing flash fiction can be much more rewarding for some as opposed to writing novellas and novels, but sometimes, finding ideas or inspiration can be a difficult task. Grab a pen, because we’ve decided to help out by offering this list of possible themes for flash fiction stories.

It’s Only Write

A short peie about the creative art of writing.

Confession, Memo, or Mission Statement?

With special thanks to Ian Blake Newhem, Cliff Garner, Dan Masterson, Nancy Hazelton, Travis Smith, Kristen Brownell, Annie McDermott, and "Her."