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Diana Stout MFA Ph.D. – screenwriter, author
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Category Archives: Persistance
Writing Through the Holidays
Writing for over 50 years, during most of those years, I was writing on the holidays. Continue reading
How to Become a Writing Maverick: aka, a task-oriented and persistent writer
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group The questions for this month are: When the going gets tough writing the story, how do you keep yourself writing to the end? If [you] have not started the writing yet, why do you think … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, #IWSG, Grendel's Mother - Book, Laurel Ridge novellas, Persistance
Tagged #writingcommunity, #WritingLife
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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
Going Wide…Maybe
I’m so stupid sometimes… Continue reading
Posted in Indie Publisher, Persistance, Writer at Work
Tagged #ReadersWanted, #writingcommunity, #WritingLife
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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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Guest blogger – Keri Kruspe, Part II
As a follow up to Keri’s August 21, 2019 post as a guest blogger, where she talked about the things she wished she’d known before publishing her first book, in today’s post, she talks about the things she did right. … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Inspiration, Persistance, Publishing books
Tagged #Iamwriting, #WritingLife, writing
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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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Should’a…Could’a…Would’a…
Today, I have a guest blogger. Keri Kruspe, fellow writer and friend, writes this blog and shares with you her experiences as a first-time author and what she wished she had known beforehand. I wish I had known, too. SHOULD’A…COULD’A…WOULD’A… … Continue reading
Posted in Guest Blogger, Inspiration, Persistance, Publishing, writing
Tagged Blogging, Getting Published, Guest Blogger, writing
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Failures – Part III
To continue my “Failures” series, this post was originally published on my Only for the Brave blog on January 9, 2018. And now, I’ve added more thoughts. Failure According to Sue Grafton As I considered my next blog in this series, I … Continue reading