About Write
On AI
Why do you want to be a writer? Is it to explore new, fantastical worlds? To delve into the meaning behind human relationships? To examine the course of humanity from now into the distant future of star travel? To therapeutically explore concepts, worlds, characters, or memories that just won’t leave you alone?
Or is it to see your name on a book cover? To be called an “author”? To make money?
Procrastiwriting
How blogging is a reasonable method of procrastination.
Mechanics
On how writing mechanically makes me able to write more than 6k words a day
Fallow
Sometimes we have to let our fields lay fallow.
Endorse Your Writing
Writing is often a very solitary pursuit--at least, it is at first. Most of us start out writing just for ourselves. For some, it's anonymous fanfiction, while others write secret fantasies in their journals. We write to explore what we like, and we often start off...
Why You Should Consider The Art of Perspective
This is the first in a series of posts, where I explore writing resources. This is not a review of whether or not I liked a particular resource, but rather a look at what a particular resource is and how it might be beneficial to different writers. The Art of Perspective: Who Tells the Story, by Christopher Castellani, is a quick and conversational look at perspective in fiction, exploring point of view, narration, and even the psychology of storytelling.
The Chrysalis
There is a myriad of approaches to the “new normal”–each valid in their own way. We could rail against it, trying to force things to be as they were before. We could throw ourselves at our work, determined to distract ourselves as much as possible in the grind. Or we could forget everything and focus on self-care with all our free time. We could allow a miasma of helplessness to seep into our bones, preventing us from doing anything. I’m choosing acceptance, and adaptation. I’m choosing to view this not as a lost year, but as a chrysalis year.
Five Tips for the (mild) Apocalypse
I know what it’s like to be home-stuck and supply-short. So, I’m here to give you my top five tips on staying sane during this viral outbreak (according to my limited experience)!
Begin Where You Are; Begin Again.
I had high hopes for 2020! I just knew I was gonna start the year off right! From day one I was going to adopt those healthy habit's I'd always struggled with, and I was gonna kill that novel manuscript dead by day eight! But then I got sick and my plans went out the...
What I Write: A Dirt Spec Manifesto
When you tell someone you’re a writer, nine times out of ten the first question out of their mouth is “What do you write?” Doesn’t matter if they’re a friend, family member, fellow writer, editor, or rando in line at the bakery; the question is the same.
For me, I have two answers: the easy answer, and the truth. That’s kind of why I wanted to write out this post–to explain comprehensively, in at least one place, what I write.
About
Being named after a Stephen King novel does funny things to a person. For Carrie, it inspired her to write. Having lived in eight different states, she has plenty of material to draw from for her stories.
