Practice does not make perfect and your life is a lie. Is your mind blown yet? I can explain. We all grew up hearing ‘practice makes perfect’ and believing if we put in the time, if we just Did the Thing over and over and over and over and over, we would eventually become experts. …
It’s been two weeks since I posted (I’ve been busy, okay) but when I don’t post here I miss it so I decided, along with my morning coffee (yes, my coffee makes my decisions for me. Your point) to break the silence for Pete’s sake and write something that will hopefully help you out. There …
Seven months. That’s how long I went without writing in a novel. I tried – I did things that involved writing, like revising – but writing in an actual novel just wouldn’t happen. I had ideas, I tried to start a few, but they wouldn’t come to me. The creative urge was somewhat satiated by …