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Thoughts on Thoughts Revisited Terry Odell I’m on the road—or the seas. According to my itinerary, I should be on a boat anchored at Mykonos today. I’m revisiting a post from May,...
A reflection on how we choose which passing or intruding thoughts become ours—and let the rest pass.
Q&A WITH MYSTIC ALICJA LENCZEWSKA, PART 6 We live in a world full of stimuli that feed negative thoughts. Social media, music, movies, and advertising inundate us with images a...
By Allison K Williams A writer tells me, “My teacher said I need more interiority, but then my essay has too much ‘I thought’ and ‘I felt.’” Or, “My beta readers said they didn’t k...
The author discusses her story “Dark Horse.”
Maybe I’m not the only one whose mind has a hundred conversations a day.Continue reading on Medium »
Giving unwanted thoughts a planned outlet or task reduces everyday rumination better than suppression. The post Trying Not to Think About Something Often Backfires appeared first o...
A confrere once asked me to guess what he was thinking. When I replied that I had no idea what was on his mind, he smiled and replied, “Thoughts.” I knew then that I had fallen for...
Like Freddy in Nightmare on Elm Street, intrusive thoughts have power only if you fear them. What if you had the courage to face them instead of running from them?
R.F. Kuang is 29 and has already published seven novels, including the Nebula-winning Babel, the #1 New York Times bestseller Yellowface, and this year's Katabasis. She trained at...
Unwanted intrusive thoughts can include a range of thoughts, feelings, and images. Depending on the emotional and pathological context, they can represent vastly different phenomen...
So, you’re a writer? First of all, c’mere. Hugs. Being a writer is hard for so many reasons, but chief among them is that it’s hard to invent truth. It’s hard to make something up...
by James Scott Bell Last week we talked about creativity, and getting ideas through the “What if?” game. I’ve always subscribed to the notion that the best way to get a great idea...
“Strong characters act despite their fear, not because of it.”Continue reading on Go Into The Story »
The writer’s dilemma is time. (Perhaps that everybody’s dilemma, but I digress.) Writers are blessed/cursed with fertile imaginations that don’t come with off switches. Since getti...
Flashbacks. Some claim you should never use them, and urge instead that you take the information/background/emotional backstory etc. contained in a flashback and find ways to inclu...
When you are writing a story, there are a few unspoken rules that you agree to. Namely, that you as author are positioning yourself as an observer of some kind (omniscient, most li...
Above you'll find a video of my homily for this weekend, based on these readings, epecially the second one. Below you'll find the text of my homily.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -...
Eleven years ago, within the span of a few months, my parents died suddenly, both from natural causes. I was their only child, and we were a close-knit family, living only a few bl...
By Amy L. Bernstein First-person POV may well be the most complicated point of view. When you build an entire story around the “I” voice, you commit to installing the reader deep i...
Emotion is the key to compelling, engaging, immersive fiction. Show your characters experiencing emotions, and make your readers feel something in response. Today’s Words of Wisdom...
A few years ago, sharing the stage at a book festival with another crime writer, there was a question from the audience about what kind of research we did. My fellow author talked...
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