What I Still Need to Remind Myself of After 32 Years

And finally this question, the mystery of who’s story it will be. Of who draws the curtain. Who is it that chooses our steps in the dance? Who drives us mad? Lashes us with whips and crowns us with victory when we survive the impossible? Who is it, that does all of these things?

Who honors those we love for the very life we live? Who sends monsters to kill us, and at the same time sings that we will never die? Who teaches us what’s real and how to laugh at lies? Who decides why we live and what we’ll die to defend? Who chains us? And Who holds the key that can set us free… It’s You. You have all the weapons you need. Now Fight!

-Sweet Pea from Suckerpunch

This post was inspired after reading this one by Justin McElroy.

Let’s Try Something New

Poetry is an act of peace.
–Pablo Neruda

Sorry I went quiet for a month. Life got a little… crazy. But here’s something a little different to make up for it.

Endings. Why Are They So Hard?

“Not every writer needs a plan, but in my experience many believe they don’t need a plan when, frankly, they do. I was that kind of writer: I thought, ha ha ha, stupid people saying I should outline or do preparatory work, those silly assholes with their misunderstanding of my genius. If you find you’re lost in the woods of your own fiction and feel like giving up — it might be because you have no plan. You can retrofit one. Doing that will help put you back on track and give your current writing a jolt of needed organization.”
― Chuck Wendig

Yup this is late, sorry for that. I’ve been sick as a dog with the cold from hell.  Yesterday was the first day I felt like myself again so naturally I missed my normal post day. But I digress onto the post lol.

Last week aside from being sick The Black Tapes, one of my favorite podcasts, posted it’s final episode after 3 seasons… it was half the length of a normal episode and a slap in the face of fans. I’m not going to bore you with the details as it won’t make much sense unless you’ve listened to the podcast but it was an upset on the scale of the finale of How I Met Your Mother or Lost. Which got me thinking, why is it so hard to write a good ending?

To NaNo or Not to NaNo

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story. ― Terry Pratchett

Every word I write is like a drop of my blood. If it’s flowed passionately and long, I need time to recover from the emotion spent before I begin a new story. My characters are aspects of my life. I have to respectfully and carefully move between them.
― Red Haircrow

November has started which means it’s National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo or NaNo for short.). For the last few years I’ve been trying to force myself to do this because work tends to drain my inspiration and energy away. This year I’ve decided not to do it.