Tag: Writing
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Confession: I Don’t Look for Relatability – I Look for Emotional Sincerity
I have a confession: I don’t really care about a character being relatable. Let me rephrase that: I don’t need a character to be like me in order to connect with them. That may sound like a novel concept considering relatability is one of the “buzzwords” of fiction (as writer Matt Colville would call it)1, […]
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Why Is Writing So Hard for Me?
I was browsing Pinterest (Yes, I’ve become a closet Pinterest browser. Yes, I am completely ashamed that I’ve joined the bandwagon and joined the bandwagon so flipping late), and I came across a picture. Now the picture itself was of little consequence, but the caption made me laugh because it basically encapsulates my life: “Hello, […]
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Perseverance
Update : Corrected seven-year old typo in title. Don’t I feel silly. Updated tags. Updated formatting to current blog standards. Keep going, even when it feels like you can’t. I feel like that right now, at this point in my life. I feel like I have to keep shuffling my foot forward, one step at […]