Category Archives: Practice

Spammers of the world beware…

Dear spammers, I’ve been getting your comments and I have a question. Do icky spam comments on random blogs generate a lot of revenue for the adult film industry? If they do then I applaud your strategy, as you are remarkably persistent. If they don’t then I recommend, with all seriousness, that you get a …

March 16, 2011 – 8:05 pm | By Lisa | Posted in Practice | Comments (3)

Daily practice. Yes, it matters.

Did you ever take piano lessons? Or play baseball or football? Or swim on the swim team? Have you ever exercised? (I agree. I hate it too.) Have you tried to learn to paint or cook? Do you know how to ride a bike? If you’ve done any of these things you know the first …

August 31, 2010 – 4:05 pm | By Lisa | Posted in Practice | Tagged | Comments (6)

Generating Topic Ideas – In the news

Writers need something to write about, but generating and developing ideas can be a challenge. Over the next few posts we are going to explore several methods of identifying topics, so today let’s start with one I like to call “Truth is Stranger than Fiction.” There are some crazy/interesting/scary things going on in the world. …

August 10, 2010 – 2:57 pm | By Lisa | Posted in Practice, Story Elements | Tagged , | Comments (6)

Let’s get writing…

Greetings, My kid brother started this website three years ago with big plans, plans to put together a great resource for writers, particularly those looking to start a book. And then his life got in the way. He IM’d me a week ago to say as much. He wants to make a go of it, …

August 3, 2010 – 10:17 pm | By Lisa | Posted in Practice | Tagged , | Comments (10)