Diana Stout MFA Ph.D. – screenwriter, author
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Category Archives: Motivation
Decluttering an Office and Finding Gold!
When this writer cleaned out her writing files, she found treasures and a note from a prominent Hollywood production office. Continue reading
How to Write When Struggling – Part 1
When struggling with characters, plot, interest, or the writing In wanting to write a new blog, I started going through my TO BE WRITTEN file of blog ideas. I came across a copy of Maggie Doonan’s blog, “4 Signs It’s … Continue reading
The One Trait Every Writer Needs
The One Trait Every Writer Needs Originally posted on June 25, 2014 on my Only for the Brave blog, I offer this advice again. It’s advice that never gets old. This trait is the one trait that finally saw me getting my … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, Motivation, Persistance, Publishing, writing
Tagged #writingcommunity, #WritingLife, Writer's Trait
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In a writing galaxy far, far away…
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group September 4 question – If you could pick one place in the world to sit and write your next story, where would it be and why? In a writing galaxy far, far away… There are … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, #IWSG, Blogging, Inspiration, Motivation
Tagged #WritersLift, #writingcommunity #Write, #WritingLife
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Failures – Part IV: 7 Lessons of Failure as a Writer
This blog was originally published April 4, 2018, on my Only for the Brave blog, which has been eliminated as I decided to merge the two blogs. Because failure is an important part of success for writers and everyone else, I … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, Blogging, Failures, Inspiration, Motivation, Persistance
Tagged #Iamwriting, #IWSG, #WritersLift, #WritingLife, Blogging, Diana Stout, failure, writing
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The Surprising Secret of Developing Characters
“It’s character pain that engages readers, that makes them turn the pages. The suffering, the action, the pain.” Continue reading
Posted in Characters, Motivation, Plotting, writing
Tagged #creatingcharacters, #Iamwriting, #IWSG
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Failures – Part II
This blog was originally published December 27, 2017, on my Only for the Brave blog, which is being eliminated as I decided to merge the two blogs. Because failure is an important part of succeeding for writers, I felt it was … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Failures, Inspiration, Motivation, Persistance
Tagged Blogging, Diana Stout, failure, writing
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Failures – Part I
This blog was originally published November 27, 2017, on my Only for the Brave blog, which is being eliminated as I decided to merge the two blogs. Because failure is an important part of succeeding for writers, I felt it was … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Failures, Inspiration, Motivation, writing
Tagged Blogging, Diana Stout, failure, writing
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Personal Traits and Deepening Characters
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group July question: What personal traits have you written into your character(s)? Personal Traits & Deepening Characters Currently writing a romance series of seven novellas, I’m starting the first draft of the fourth novella, Buried Hearts. … Continue reading
Making a Difference
Have you ever uttered, “Why bother? It won’t make a difference,” or something like that? Yeah, I have. Lots of times. When I started writing and putting my work out in the public forum, I figured few would read my … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Inspiration, Motivation, Persistance
Tagged Dissertation, Goals, making a difference, Ph.D., Plagiarism, teaching, Why bother?, WMU, writing
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