A Writer's Life
Blog URL http://mikedrewery.wordpress.com
Located Holly Springs, Mississippi USA
Tags Writing, Writer, Life, Fate, Destiny, Movies, Experiences
Follows my random thoughts, reads, and experiences as a writer.
Latest Blog Posts
- The Obstacle of Time on Nov 15, 2009 in Creative writing Questions Random Thoughts Writing writer stories Random Thought Dreams frustration Artist Time Management Discipline Obstacles
I have been thinking, trying to come up with what is my greatest obstacle as a writer in hopes of seeing how I can overcome that obstacle. For me it is time. I know that ultimately this is an obstacle for all of us, not just writers or artists, but a...
- The Process on Nov 11, 2009 in Books Creative writing Experiences Art Artist Blog frustration John Irving Novels stories writer writers block Writing Writing a novel
As I’ve made mention in the past couple weeks I have been somewhat struggling with ‘“writer’s block.” It was an issue of struggling to find the story that I wanted to tell. Over the past few months I’ve jotted down various story ideas tha...
- Expressing What Goes Unsaid. on Nov 8, 2009 in Creative writing Random Thoughts Anais Nin Art Facebook Random Thought
“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.” – Anais Nin In the alternate universe of Facebook there is one question that is always asked: What’s on your mind? Every time I read that que...
- A Rewrite of Yesterday’s Post on Oct 29, 2009 in Creative writing fiction stories writer writers block Writing
Yesterday I received a comment that helped me along in my writing through my block. I admit at first that I was somewhat upset with the comment. How could you say the story is over? But as I kept reading what I wrote I realized that the way it read t...
- Trying to Write Through a Writer’s Block on Oct 28, 2009 in Creative writing Writing writer stories writers block frustration
An explanation and warning for those who might read this: I have been struggling with writer’s block. I find that when I sit down to write I end up staring at a white screen with a blinking cursor for a while and then shutting the word processi...
- Paragraph Contest Result on Oct 20, 2009 in first paragraph writing contest
I would like to thank all those that took the time to read the four paragraphs and either gave me an opinion or voted. I went with the voting results and submitted paragraph one. The results have been revealed and I didn’t make the finalist list. T...
- First Paragraph Poll on Oct 14, 2009 in contest Creative writing fiction first paragraph Polls writer Writing
I follow a literary agent’s blog and he is conducting a first paragraph contest. I have decided to enter the contest but can’t decide which first paragraph I want to enter. I can only enter one. So I am asking you to vote for your favorit...
