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Showing posts with label IWSG. Show all posts
Showing posts with label IWSG. Show all posts
Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Insecure Writers Want to Know: What would make you quit writing?

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Friends, I’m still developing my website at www.victoriamarielees.com . I’m hoping to have the site live by August 2021. My Camping with Fiv...
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Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Insecure Writers Want to Know: How long do you shelve your first draft before you begin revising? Is this dependent on your writing experience and the number of stories/books under your belt?

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Always good questions to contemplate each month with IWSG. The only book-length manuscript I’ve ever created is my college memoir. I’ve ta...
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Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Insecure Writers Want to Know: Have any of your readers ever responded to your writing in a surprising way?

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Wouldn’t that be nice to have readers reach out to me personally about my stories. You are a very lucky author indeed to have readers actual...
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Tuesday, April 6, 2021

Insecure Writers Want to Know: Are You a Risk-taker When Writing? Try Something Different in Style/POV? Add Controversial Topics to Your Work?

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Who me? A risk taker? I’m a big chicken, remember? But you know, if we really dive deep into this question. Aren’t all writers risk takers? ...
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Tuesday, March 2, 2021

Insecure Writers Want to Know: Do you read widely or only within the genre(s) you create stories? What motivates your reading choice?

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Hello and welcome to Adventures in Writing! I’m so glad you are visiting. I have the honor of being one of the IWSG co-hosts for March. My f...
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

Insecure Writers Want to Know: Blogging is more than sharing stories. It can be the start of special friendships. Have you made any friends through the blogosphere?

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            Blogging through Adventures in Writing has brought me all of you, true relationships and even true friends. For that, I am forev...
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Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Insecure Writers Want to Know: As a Writer, what throws you out of a story you are reading?

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What a great question. Every writer needs to pay attention to any story she reads to see if anything is not working or throws the reader out...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2020

Insecure Writers Want to Know: Are there times of the year when you feel more productive with your writing? Why?

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             It’s probably the time issue, but I feel more productive in my writing in the winter months AFTER the holidays. Having a large ...
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Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Insecure Writers Want to Know: Why Do I Write What I Write?

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Albert Camus is right that many essays and stories are used to “keep civilization from destroying itself.” Documenting past atrocities is im...
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Tuesday, October 6, 2020

Insecure Writers Want to Know: What does the term Working Writer mean to you?

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            I’m not sure if I’m blending two different terms here. Am I a working writer? Absolutely! I am forever writing and creating new ...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Insecure Writers Want to Know: If you could choose one author to be your beta partner, who would it be? Why?

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            First, I’d like to thank you, my fellow Insecure Writers, for your patience while we moved. In that short space of time, we move...
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Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Insecure Writers Want to Know: Writers have secrets. Share one or two of your own. Something readers would never know from your work.

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Oooo, secrets! Let me think. Something readers would never know from my work. I don’t know if this counts as a secret, but I’m afraid of e...
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Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Insecure Writers Want to Know: Do You Have Any Rituals to Help You Get into the Writing Zone?

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Rituals to help me get into the writing zone? I don’t know if these are rituals, per se. But chocolate and a fresh hot pot of tea go a long...
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Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Insecure Writers Want to Know: How are things in your world during this troubling time?

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In my little corner of the world in my home, we are well. Thank you, God! I’ve had four writing presentations at area libraries and assis...
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Tuesday, March 3, 2020

Insecure Writers Want to Know: Have you ever included personal traditions/customs in your stories?

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            What an interesting question. I guess the problem with answering this question is; I don’t consider any of my personal family’s...
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Tuesday, February 4, 2020

Insecure Writers Want to Know: Has a single photo or work of art ever inspired a story? What was it and did you finish it?

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            My family camping photographs of national and state parks, in caves or mighty forests or on mountains or rivers and lakes have...
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