Category Archives: Persistance

Writing Through the Holidays

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Diana Stout

Writing for over 50 years, during most of those years, I was writing on the holidays. Continue reading →

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How to Become a Writing Maverick: aka, a task-oriented and persistent writer

Posted on May 31, 2022 by Diana Stout

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 →

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Decluttering an Office and Finding Gold!

Posted on October 8, 2021 by Diana Stout

When this writer cleaned out her writing files, she found treasures and a note from a prominent Hollywood production office. Continue reading →

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Going Wide…Maybe

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Diana Stout

I’m so stupid sometimes… Continue reading →

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How to Write When Struggling – Part 1

Posted on July 9, 2020 by Diana Stout

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 →

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The One Trait Every Writer Needs

Posted on December 29, 2019 by Diana Stout

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 →

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Guest blogger – Keri Kruspe, Part II

Posted on September 18, 2019 by Diana Stout

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 →

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Failures – Part IV: 7 Lessons of Failure as a Writer

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Diana Stout

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 →

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Should’a…Could’a…Would’a…

Posted on August 21, 2019 by Diana Stout

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 →

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Failures – Part III

Posted on August 11, 2019 by Diana Stout

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 →

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