What makes a good story? What makes good characters? What makes interesting scenes? Fights? Conflict? Villains? Beginning, middle, end? What makes a decent story? What makes a decent plot? What makes a good book? What makes a good post? What makes a good writer? ... Trauma? Heart? Pain? Anger? Self-doubt? Determination. Perseverance. Stubbornness. Confidence. Hope? …
Tag: hope
Blank
losing something in a mirror, looks backand finds the only voice in my head,calling me back to embrace,new
Chrysus
I think in cycles. I live in a cycle. Cycles are a big part of my writing. Symmetry, parallels, trios, endless cycles. Breaking them. Twisting. Reforming. Balancing. Numbers and mythology, a different language that I like to use. And hope to be good at, for decent writing, some day. Doubt and frustration. Part of the …
Intake/Outtake
Sometimes breathing is part of it. It starts every movement, it supplies every muscle, stretches and fuels, and--once in a while--pulls the rivers in the opposite direction.
One Year at a Time
One full year of posting. It's been work. It's been fun. It's been a struggle. It's been glorious. I feel as if I had a lot of low moments. But, I think, I've had just as many high moments producing stories I really enjoyed writing. I'm a little lost on where I'm going yet excited …
Learning Curve
Learning to acceptLearning to liveLearning to understandthe diamond buried barren
Endless Determination
What happens when the vines close?What happens when the rain showers dark?What happens when an avalanche covers?What happens when you fall from high?What happens when you fail?Sometimes it gets close, but finding that last glimmer--at the bottom of the leaves, the debris--I brush the dirt off and start climbing again,Because the choice to give up …
For Now
Sometimes there's a day when frustration rattles every word and sentence. It becomes a fight up a muddy hole. Chapters and ideas seem like burnt mush. And every possibility to improve a book, or start something new, melts away before I can get a decent grip. I seem blind. Frustration gains a firmer grip, and …
One Day at a Time
The struggle. It's not much. It doesn't feel like it's much. The struggle seems petty and small, and never seems to amount to something worth while. Because the struggle attacks like a rabid wolf. A starving wolf. I guess everything and everyone struggles. To some degree. But, it makes no sense to me why I …
Each and Every Heavy Thought
I accept that I'm a writer. But that's pretty much it. I don't know the rest. I've been attempting to figure that out for a long time. Identity, style, personality--sometimes I feel like none of these exist without my ability to be a writer. I tie a lot of things into my so-called "way of …
Just Buckle Down 