Diana Stout Ph.D. – screenwriter, author
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- The Reasons Why I Write What I Write
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How to Write When Struggling – Part II
Making Changes Can Make a Difference Writers write in the best of times: when they’re healthy, working full-time, parenting, maintaining their homes, special celebratory events, births, and socializing. They write in the worst of times: when ill, laid off, dealing … Continue reading
Posted in Struggling to write, writing
Tagged #amwriting, #writingcommunity, #WritingLife, Diana Stout, making changes, writing routines
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It’s Read an eBook Week – March 1-7: What are you reading?
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group (#IWSG) Rather than answer the March 4 question posed by the group, I’ve chosen to write about this week’s national recognition on eReading. It’s Read an eBook Week – March 1-7: What are you reading? … Continue reading
Posted in #IWSG, Reading
Tagged #AHAgrp, #eReading, #IWSG, #MMRWA, #writingcommunity, #WritingLife, fiction
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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
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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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Runes – An Ancient Oracle Tool: It’s All Been Rune’d
Once again, Keri Kruspe has written a fantastic post for my blog. I was over the moon reading this post because it spoke to me. Many times I’ve tried to use runes and Keri, through this post, has shown me … Continue reading
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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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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