The Online Community for Writers Welcome to Writing-World.com! How Creative Flow is Like Sex "Writing is like making love. Don't worry about the orgasm , just concentrate on the process." That useful advice, credited to author Isabel Allende , seems like a good introduction to the idea that how you make love has commonalities with your journey toward creative expression. Consider... "When I write, I feel out of control in a lovely way," a writer told me. "The analogy that comes to mind is sex : a heightening of senses, a rush, no concept of time, a dimming of the external world, an altered state in which creation is the unconscious though central intent." A popular novelist ( Carolyn See ) said it this way: "When I create, I'm not thinking. Creative blocks can be compared to sexual dysfunctions in at least one way: the earlier in the process the difficulty kicks in, the more challenging the problem, and possibly the more negative the prognosis. Methods of entering flow are as idiosyncratic as how you become sexually aroused. The pattern is. . . A male poet: A female poet:
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CALLIHOO Writing Helps--Feelings Table Character Feelings You can describe your character's feelings in more exact terms than just "happy" or "sad." Check these lists for the exact nuance to describe your character's intensity of feelings. SF Characters | SF Items | SF Descriptors | SF Places | SF EventsSF Jobs/Occupations | Random Emotions | Emotions List | Intensity of Feelings Freelance Connect - Main Menu India Budget 2014-15 Analysis When the Finance Minister Mr. Arun Jaitley assumed office earlier this year, he had his task cut out for him. The country was slowly descending towards the “Hindu rate of growth” (~3.5%) over the past two years. To begin with, the fiscal deficit for the year has been pegged at 4.1% of GDP in 2014–15; this would be reduced further to 3% by 2016–17. Jaitley’s Budget did not forget the “aam aadmi” who voted on its feet and gave an overwhelming majority to the government. The NDA government has projected this budget as the first step in returning the country to 7–8% growth.
Seven Tips From Ernest Hemingway on How to Write Fiction Image by Lloyd Arnold via Wikimedia Commons Before he was a big game hunter, before he was a deep-sea fisherman, Ernest Hemingway was a craftsman who would rise very early in the morning and write. His best stories are masterpieces of the modern era, and his prose style is one of the most influential of the 20th century. Hemingway never wrote a treatise on the art of writing fiction. He did, however, leave behind a great many passages in letters, articles and books with opinions and advice on writing. 1: To get started, write one true sentence. Hemingway had a simple trick for overcoming writer's block. Sometimes when I was starting a new story and I could not get it going, I would sit in front of the fire and squeeze the peel of the little oranges into the edge of the flame and watch the sputter of blue that they made. 2: Always stop for the day while you still know what will happen next. There is a difference between stopping and foundering. 5: Don't describe an emotion--make it.
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23 Websites that Make Your Writing Stronger We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. ~Ernest Hemingway How strong is your writing? No matter how good you think it is, there’s always room for improvement. In most cases, plenty of room. (***By the way, have you seen this amazing online creative writing course, “Story Is a State of Mind,” created by Giller finalist Sarah Selecky? Want to strengthen your story, empower your performance, and beef up on the publishing business? Here are 23 sites (in no particular order) I look to for daily inspiration and advice: PS If you find this list useful, please share it on Twitter, Facebook or StumbleUpon – I’d really appreciate it! 4) Query Shark A query critique site you don’t want to miss. 5) Men with Pens Fantastic articles on copywriting and freelancing. 6) Ask Allison Writing and publishing Q&A by novelist Allison Winn Scotch. 10) Pub Rants Self-proclaimed “very nice literary agent,” Kristin Nelson, rants about writing and publishing.
Internet Resources - Writers Resources - Writing Links & Writers Links for Writers For those who have asked and those who may, this collection of links for writers, researchers and the terminally curious is not, was never intended to be, and will never be the all-inclusive stash of every possible link fitting our slapdash criteria for what belongs here. We select sites with some consideration and thought for usefulness, depth, interest and je ne sais quoi and we try not to offer fifty different links to "manuscript submission." Sometimes we find a really cool site on a subject we already cover and mull over which link to keep and which to set free, sometimes we keep both and add a third. We lean toward linking to cool sites maintained by people we've met in the ether, but don't use a friend's site if there's a better site elsewhere. We don't link to just anybody and seldom link to commercial sites such as "Learn to Write in Five Days" or "We Will Publish Your Book" unless there is some -- no, make that a lot of -- free, useful content. Feel free to suggest links.