Agonies of a Young Author
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| Blog Name: | Agonies of a Young Author |
| Url: | http://www.shellyholder.blogspot.com |
| Language: | English |
| Topics: | writing, authors, literary |
| Description: | A weekly blog written by twenty-something aspiring author Shelly Holder that talks about writing, getting published, creative blogging, tips and tricks for new/inexperienced writers and other authorly things. |
| Popularity: | 32 Followers |
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Hello!So the other day I opened up the blog to questions about me the author and my writing habits, etc. Not a lot of comments came in (sad face) but flightsofwhimsy (aka, MlleDiabolique) asked:Do you base your characters off of people that you've met, television characters, other novel characters, somewhere else, or an amalgamation of these all? Do you find that you tend to be autobiographical in your fiction?So my characters do tend to be an amalgamation of all sorts of inspiring quirks and personality traits from many many sources, but every once in a while there will be a specific person or literary character that I just have to play
Hello!So the other day I opened up the blog to questions about me the author and my writing habits, etc. Not a lot of comments came in (sad face) but flightsofwhimsy (aka, MlleDiabolique) asked:Do you base your characters off of people that you've met, television characters, other novel characters, somewhere else, or an amalgamation of these all? Do you find that you tend to be autobiographical in your fiction?So my characters do tend to be an amalgamation of all sorts of inspiring quirks and personality traits from many many sources, but every once in a while there will be a specific person or literary character that I just have to play
Holidaze!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!I'm taking the day off to spend time with my family, so I think that you should also get off the computer and get into the living room or kitchen! No hiding away today- there's too much food to eat, at least.There will still be a Wordsworth Station post today, if you NEED your writing fix, and my Tumblr post if you need something interesting. So enjoy!And happy holidays!
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!I'm taking the day off to spend time with my family, so I think that you should also get off the computer and get into the living room or kitchen! No hiding away today- there's too much food to eat, at least.There will still be a Wordsworth Station post today, if you NEED your writing fix, and my Tumblr post if you need something interesting. So enjoy!And happy holidays!
The Way It Goes
I found this delightful summary on Ilona Andrews' blog, and thought I'd re-post it for the general enjoyment. Also, because I need to spend my time doing other things, like homework. (*sigh*)Anyways.This is how the book idea works (only for me, take out a couple of zeros, or substitute "words" for "seconds")The Progress of a Book:10,000 words – New idea! Shiny, shiny, shiny! 15,000 words – So what exactly happens next? 20,000 words – Maybe this idea isn’t as good as I thought. 25,000 words – This idea sucks. 30,000 words – Oh God. I hate it, I’m stuck, I shouldn’t have written this in the first place. Stuck
I found this delightful summary on Ilona Andrews' blog, and thought I'd re-post it for the general enjoyment. Also, because I need to spend my time doing other things, like homework. (*sigh*)Anyways.This is how the book idea works (only for me, take out a couple of zeros, or substitute "words" for "seconds")The Progress of a Book:10,000 words – New idea! Shiny, shiny, shiny! 15,000 words – So what exactly happens next? 20,000 words – Maybe this idea isn’t as good as I thought. 25,000 words – This idea sucks. 30,000 words – Oh God. I hate it, I’m stuck, I shouldn’t have written this in the first place. Stuck
The Brain is On Hiatus
So I'm opening it up for questions today. Feel free to leave a question in the comments section about anything writer-ly. Feel free to leave anything on your mind here for me; questions, comments, compliments, even complaints. Please only serious and/or constructive comments because this will be posted to my blog with replies as in the order received.Please, don’t be afraid to say SOMETHING. I won’t know of your existence otherwise. I would like to know as many of the people that are following me to find other like-minds.Thanks!
So I'm opening it up for questions today. Feel free to leave a question in the comments section about anything writer-ly. Feel free to leave anything on your mind here for me; questions, comments, compliments, even complaints. Please only serious and/or constructive comments because this will be posted to my blog with replies as in the order received.Please, don’t be afraid to say SOMETHING. I won’t know of your existence otherwise. I would like to know as many of the people that are following me to find other like-minds.Thanks!
It's Not Worth It
I want to write.I really, really want to write.I have scraps of papers and ideas floating around everywhere, on my phone, post-its, scratch paper, corners I tore off, journals, and different journals, envelopes, napkins, not to mention my computer and THREE blogs. Yes three. (Four, if you count LJ, which I don't.) How did I think that was ok? Argh. Too much. I need to go full-time freelance. I should just up and quit and not look back, because school isn't conducive to writing anyways.Screw college. I wanna be a professional writer.
I want to write.I really, really want to write.I have scraps of papers and ideas floating around everywhere, on my phone, post-its, scratch paper, corners I tore off, journals, and different journals, envelopes, napkins, not to mention my computer and THREE blogs. Yes three. (Four, if you count LJ, which I don't.) How did I think that was ok? Argh. Too much. I need to go full-time freelance. I should just up and quit and not look back, because school isn't conducive to writing anyways.Screw college. I wanna be a professional writer.
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