When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go… The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back! — Judy Collins The muse — mysterious, incomprehensible, infinitely unpredictable. Only one thing is certain about your relationship with the muse: you
Writing isn’t always a smooth process. Whether you’re a sprinter like Anthony Burgess, who scribbled out A Clockwork Orange in just three weeks, or more of a marathon runner like Victor Hugo, who spent twelve long years gestating Les Miserables until it was just right (or “très bien”, as Hugo might have said), you’re always susceptible to
Inciting incident, key event, plot point… they’re useful terms for those who are comfortable with them, but more often than not, they’re treated as if they’re interchangeable. Sadly, these are terms that authors have treated pretty poorly over the years. They’ve swapped places, been used as synonyms, and eventually ended up as a homogeneous mass that
It’s time-honored advice that authors can learn as much – if not more – from badly told stories than from works of genius. Good writing, after all, is idiosyncratic; there’s only so much you can learn from Twain or Hemingway before you’re simply learning their style, whereas poor writers highlight the pitfalls you might tumble into
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