Sunday, November 16, 2008

Any advice or resources?

So, I am going to attempt to write a short story over Christmas break. I have never attempted this feat, so I will take any advice anyone would like to give me. I am remembering Anne Lamott's advice that writing always starts with "shitty first drafts," though. So that should help me feel better about struggling through the process.

I have been writing a little more lately. I really do enjoy it. My breakup music essay is in rough draft state. I journaled on the plane to and from DC. I made notes galore for my short story. I don't see it as a career option for me,  just an amusing hobby. Except that I am sort of an ambitious person, and have fantasies of being published in The New Yorker and that somehow transitioning to being on Oprah to be interviewed about my one published story. That's how it works, right? :D

This, would be called rambling. Enjoy, my friends.

6 comments:

  1. breakup music essay? sounds informative

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  2. Write it all out and have Erin Proof it/critique it.

    -or-

    write it all out and count your verbs, nouns and adjectives and ask why that number.

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    circle all the words that are concrete (you use your 5 senses on) and put boxes around the ones that are imaginary (hope, love, war things you can't use your 5 senses on) and think of ways to convert imaginary to concrete.

    -or-

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  3. my word verification was supare. i think that hints at how your story will turn out. =)

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  4. I would totally watch you on Oprah and like you more than I like her...

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  5. Um
    my advice
    is to like

    AVOID CLICHES LIKE AIDS

    haha

    good advice always follows itself
    <3

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  6. i can not WAIT for the first draft of this! christmas break... you can't come soon enough for meeeeee. (to the tune of the tegan and sara song Dark Come Soon)

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