One of those great sites for writers where you can waste (spend) a lot of time reading (awaiting the muse) articles on every & anything to do with writing...easy to navigate and nicely laid out...
WritingCorner.com
Happy Writing (or awaiting the muse)
Beth
Showing posts with label waste time. Show all posts
Showing posts with label waste time. Show all posts
Monday, March 12, 2007
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Fun! Language Is a Virus (Games for writers)
Not until I took myself seriously as a writer did I truthfully realize (and accept) that part of the writing process REQUIRES periods of time where rational, functional, working thought is absent (translated: free time).
Now that I've accepted the need and value of those long lulls of time spent daydreaming about how to combine my two favorite desserts into one and other equally useless things, I've also discovered the need for fun diversions involving ways to stretch and twist language into something fun that sparks more ideas (like I need more of those).
In that vein, here's a cool-fun writing place crammed full of activities for writers. Obviously I've not checked them all out but there's tons of way-fun stuff here for consideration...when you can't take another game of Klondike....
Language is a Virus
Now that I've accepted the need and value of those long lulls of time spent daydreaming about how to combine my two favorite desserts into one and other equally useless things, I've also discovered the need for fun diversions involving ways to stretch and twist language into something fun that sparks more ideas (like I need more of those).
In that vein, here's a cool-fun writing place crammed full of activities for writers. Obviously I've not checked them all out but there's tons of way-fun stuff here for consideration...when you can't take another game of Klondike....
Language is a Virus
Friday, January 05, 2007
Blogs: Grey Matter
Today I'll step down from the soapbox of resolutions and goals & share a blog sent to me by a writing friend. Normally, I'd just list blogs to the right =====> in the blog section, but this one's kinda neat: it features the writers of Grey's Anatomy.
A confession: I rarely, if ever, watch anything on tv aside from the Simpsons, a few sitcom reruns and sports (but a friend has me hooked on The Office as of late), but the blog is more about their being the writers behind the show, how the feel about certain things, how they interpret being creative for millions...and admit it, we're always curious about other writers. It's just our nature.
Just to note, the last post was in November but it's still enjoyable reading going back over the posts. Get a glimpse of life behind the camera (and really, behind the actors): http://www.greyswriters.com/
Happy reading,
Beth
A confession: I rarely, if ever, watch anything on tv aside from the Simpsons, a few sitcom reruns and sports (but a friend has me hooked on The Office as of late), but the blog is more about their being the writers behind the show, how the feel about certain things, how they interpret being creative for millions...and admit it, we're always curious about other writers. It's just our nature.
Just to note, the last post was in November but it's still enjoyable reading going back over the posts. Get a glimpse of life behind the camera (and really, behind the actors): http://www.greyswriters.com/
Happy reading,
Beth
Thursday, December 21, 2006
Fun!: WriteFix's Random List Idea Generator
Here's the deal:
You've become disciplined enough to set aside time daily to write and now that you're settled for your daily writing time....but nothing's coming out.
Whether you're stuck, in need of thinking outside the box, need something completely unrelated to your topic to get you writing, need a journal topic...or whatever...here's a really fun place to play while you await that blessed, blasted muse: The WritingFix Random List Idea Generator.
Just click on the button until you find a topic you like and use it however you want. Maybe you can make a list of 100 things that fit that topic. Or choose one list item you've come up with and run with an essay, flash fiction story, short story, greeting card...or whatever your brain is thinking.
Try it--it's just plain fun. (scroll about 1/3 down the page for the generator button)
http://www.writingfix.com/leftbrain/randomlistgenerator.htm#list
Happy writing & listing,
Beth
You've become disciplined enough to set aside time daily to write and now that you're settled for your daily writing time....but nothing's coming out.
Whether you're stuck, in need of thinking outside the box, need something completely unrelated to your topic to get you writing, need a journal topic...or whatever...here's a really fun place to play while you await that blessed, blasted muse: The WritingFix Random List Idea Generator.
Just click on the button until you find a topic you like and use it however you want. Maybe you can make a list of 100 things that fit that topic. Or choose one list item you've come up with and run with an essay, flash fiction story, short story, greeting card...or whatever your brain is thinking.
Try it--it's just plain fun. (scroll about 1/3 down the page for the generator button)
http://www.writingfix.com/leftbrain/randomlistgenerator.htm#list
Happy writing & listing,
Beth
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