Give and take, ebb and flow, yin and yang. One does not exist without the other. Protagonist vs antagonist, good vs evil, Joe vs the volcano. There are things I like to write more than others and I realized to keep readers engaged I need to give them time to catch their breath and recover from the drama.
How do you ensure your writing is counter-balanced?
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Jo Hawk The Writer
Today writing is hard. Period. Wouldn’t matter if it was a novel, a short story, or a piece of flash fiction. Today writing my name is difficult and I know the solution. Do anything except write. Laundry, dishes, vacuuming, garbage, even cleaning the toilets make the list.
Well, I checked off three items stopping with the garbage. An idea yelled at me and I had to go write.
What do you do when the writing gets difficult?
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Jo Hawk The Writer
I found this quote very funny for the visual I got from the words. I imagined the words on the page pealing themselves off the paper and combining to create the scenery, the props and the characters. And as they formed they began to take shape and act out the story.
There are a handful of novels that become real as I read them. What novels do the words get up and move for you?
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Jo Hawk The Writer
This journey to write a short story every day is defiantly a point A to point B exercise. Armed with a list of story ideas and writing prompts, I hope I have enough for thirty days. Several ideas give me the sense they may develop into longer stories. We will see. Now, it is writing time.
Which path are you traveling? The direct route or the scenic one?
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Jo Hawk The Writer
The beginning of a new month heralds the start of a new challenge. This month I will be attempting to create one short story every day. Thirty days, thirty stories. Like Ian Fleming, I plan to write without looking back to edit or revise. The focus is to get a story written and I am targeting each story at 3,000 to 5,000 words. Sounds like a tall order, right? Well, we will see how it goes.
What is on your goal list for September?
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Jo Hawk The Writer
I have no intention of failing. So I plan, and I write, and I read, and I study, and I write more. I write and edit and rewrite.
I won’t give up.
Are you committed to winning?
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Jo Hawk The Writer
This quote reminds me of Diane Keaton cry writing in the movie Something’s Gotta Give. It is one of my favorite scenes.
How do you get emotion into your writing?
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Jo Hawk The Writer
The key is to begin. Even if I am tired, or I have no idea of what to write, the key is to begin. Sit at the keyboard and type. I recently began a piece with the line “What am I doing here?” One hundred and seventy words later I had a story.
How will you begin your day?
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Jo Hawk The Writer
Even if I think I know the ending of my piece, I am often surprised. Writing for me is a lot like taking a seldom-traveled path.
Do you know your ending, or is it something you discover?
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Jo Hawk The Writer
The process of a writer can be as unique as a snowflake. Hemingway says he has a spring he is careful not to let run dry. I find the more I write the more ideas are in the pipeline. My well is more along the lines of a geyser, Old Faithful, spewing more stories and writing fodder than I have hours in the day to write. They fill my notebooks.
How does the inspiration for your writing present itself?
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Jo Hawk The Writer
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