Diana Stout MFA Ph.D. – screenwriter, author
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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
Pictures Worth More Than a Thousand Words
I’m one of those writers who finds stories everywhere: from conversations, articles I’ve read, seeing something in nature, from words a character in another story utters, from looking outside my window, from songs, from reading a list of poisons, visiting … Continue reading
It All Began With a Book Report
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group January 8 question – What started you on your writing journey? Was it a particular book, movie, story, or series? Was it a teacher/coach/spouse/friend/parent? Did you just “know” suddenly you wanted to write? It All … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, #IWSG, Blogging, Inspiration, writing
Tagged #writingcommunity, #WritingLife, In The Beginning
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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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The Joy of Writing & Knowing When It’s Time to Quit
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group December 4 question – Let’s play a game. Imagine. Role-play. How would you describe your future writer self, your life and what it looks and feels like if you were living the dream? Or if … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, #IWSG, Blogging, writing
Tagged #AHAgrp, #IWSG, #MMRWA, Blogging, failure, letting go, quitting, writing
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How to Redeem Unredeemed Gifts on Amazon
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group For November 6, 2019 Rather than answering the question posed to the group this month, which was What’s the strangest thing you’ve ever googled in researching a story?, for which I had no good answer, … Continue reading
11 Reasons Why I Continue to Write
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Posting for the first Wednesday of the Month, October 2, 2019 Because I’m in the final editing stages of my upcoming book, Love’s New Beginnings, which I plan on publishing in October, I thought I’d … Continue reading
Posted in #amwriting, #IWSG, writing
Tagged #IWSG, #whyIwrite, Blogging, Diana Stout, 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
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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