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Month: September 2016

Welcome, fellow Awkwardeers!

September 29, 2016September 29, 2016 ~ Rose Fox ~ Leave a comment

I'm so excited that Captain Awkward, whose work I adore and have studied closely while developing my own advice column, has kindly linked to Story Hospital.

#10: Finding Your Story’s Voice

September 27, 2016September 25, 2016 ~ Rose Fox ~ 2 Comments

Books often change quite a lot as you're writing them and the book you've written may require a somewhat different protagonist than was called for in your original outline.

#9: You Are Your Own Muse

September 20, 2016September 23, 2016 ~ Rose Fox ~ 13 Comments

Inspiration is intermittent and fleeting, and writing without it feels unsatisfying or clumsy by comparison. So we chase after it and try to get inspired again, or we give up on the old project and start a new project, as though that were the only way to write well, or to enjoy writing. It's not.

#8: You Are Not Your Work

September 13, 2016September 25, 2016 ~ Rose Fox ~ 8 Comments

If no one reads your stories about queer girls in space, that's not a judgment on you. And if everyone loves your stories about queer girls in space, that's not a judgment on you. The work is the work.

#7: Working on Broken Drafts

September 6, 2016September 25, 2016 ~ Rose Fox ~ 1 Comment

Over time, as you write more, you will learn to recognize which ideas can be developed easily, which can be developed painstakingly, and which can't be developed. And you will learn more about your own process of development, which will help make both easy and difficult development go more smoothly.

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