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Gin & Tonic Update #3
The third update on the writing of crime fiction novel Gin & Tonic
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The Gap by Ira Glass
For those moments when you despair that what you are creating isn’t as good as you hoped it would be: Video by David Shiyang Liu, found via a group on FB, thank you my darlings.
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Elizabeth Gilbert on the elusive creative genius
From time to time, I need to remind myself that writing is what I love doing. That I don’t need to take on other people’s expectations while doing it. So I really appreciate Elizabeth Gilbert’s TED Talk on the topic of expectations and the idea of genius. And I think anyone doing anything creative is going to benefit from this too. So even though this video is a few years old now, just in case you have not seen it, here you go – let me know what you think in the comments:
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16 rules for writing
So the other day I was teaching a class on social media and I was asked by one of the students to pause and go back to what I had said when I introduced myself about my creative writing. And when I did, she said, “That’s what my daughter wants to do – she’s 17.” “Is she really passionate about it?” I asked. “Yes – she is. She is always writing.” The student paused here. “What should she be doing? What degree? What degree did you do?” Fortunately, she was interested in an actual answer. Here it is in list form: Get used to the idea now that you will…
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Things You Should Know About Being A Writer: Part 2:
Marisa Wikramanayake is a Sri Lankan born, Australian based, freelance editor and writer. In this post, she continues the list of things any writer needs or should know and discusses loving the work you do, getting feedback, writing what you feel a need to say, licenses you may need to freelance as a writer and editor and the value and the need for research no matter what genre you write in.
