We have had opportunity to talk to many
people that have an interest in writing. One of the themes that runs as if a
stream of consciousness is writer's block. With empathy we listen to wannabe
authors describe something tougher than a $2.00 flank steak. That blank white
field before you taunting and teasing, "Fill me...fill me...with profound
and purposeful rhetoric."
Ouch that does hurt. That screen needs
a time-out. Bingo... that is what you need to do. Take the time to figure out
what you want to say. There is a study out there, it might have been done by
someone from Penn. This person polled famous and accomplished authors and asked
what was the most important thing. The preponderance of responses were similar.
To distill that...have something to say. That is right. Have something to say.
There are plenty of people that craft well, many superiorly but if what they
create is shallow or without an audience...then to what end? Pretty prose
without purpose is like having cheese cake without sugar, just doesn't sit as
well on the palette.
We once met a woman who wanted to write
romance. Asked her to send us samples. She wrote erotica. We suggested she add
romance, pointing out places where she could punch it up. She returned the
piece and had written better and more erotica. She did have something to say.
It was not romance. We recommended that she pursue that audience. She did.
She's happy writing blush-me-down-to-me-toes.
In our stories always know what we
wanted to say. And sometimes it is as simple as love can be found anywhere,
anytime by anyone if you look for it.
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Angelica Hart and Zi ~ Vixen Bright and Zachary Zane
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