Diary of a Writer

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Most of the time our original ideas are our best ideas, but not always is every part of ourselves on board with that notion. So, instead of creating a smooth sailing process, we create a few hiccups for ourselves by deviating off our original ideas only to sail back to them. However, in doing so, we return to them with something that perhaps we didn't have before and thus, as a whole, it makes the whole deviation worthwhile.

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Very few get chosen to live an authentic creative life that allows the creative juices to flow as they need, which is really sad because creativity is all about flow. It doesn't care about structure or deadlines, inspiration can and will hit at random intervals, which is exactly how the best pieces of art are created. So, how do we as creators embrace and create space for that flow in a society that gets high off structures and deadlines? 

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The power of time has a great impact on all our lives and it should be no different to our characters. One of the worst ways one can degrade a story, is to put too much in too short of a time frame. Their needs to be space for growth and recovery, and that's only something the element of time can give. It's therefore incredibly important to consider how one goes about tackling the time span their story covers. 

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One thing I've learnt this year, is that writers should have other creative outlets. I have a habit of getting a lot done over a short period of time with my writing, but that's always created burn out and these periods of lull. What I've learnt is to fill those periods with other creative projects to help keep those creative juices flowing.

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Writers are asked to promote their work in this day and age. It's just become the norm to have to meet that requirement, even though, no one has probably stopped to think how ridiculous that is considering the different calibre one must be to have to fulfil those two roles. 

Anyhow, one thing that doesn't get enough attention is for us creators to think about whether what we create is designed to be marketed and consumed by the masses or, if p...

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Despite all the guidebooks out there telling people how to write, one’s intuition is always going to be their best director. That internal compass will help you through every part of the writing journey, so it's worth learning how to harness its power. 

Also, I realised I struggle to say the word, compass. Lmao. 

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There's a lot of highs and lows when it comes to writing a novel. The highs give one a sense they're floating on cloud nine, the lows ... well, they’ll knock you right on your arse. And like a lot of cloud nine's, there's no knowing when you'll be knocked off and find yourself on the ground. 

One moment you're fine, thinking your writing is great, the next you're shaking your head over all your mistakes. 

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They say you should let your story rest before you go back and edit it, but like all things when it comes to writing a novel, there are exceptions. 

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Scarlett Marie is a true born creative, who has spent her whole life dabbling in the arts and craft, only to find her feet in the world of words whereby she has spent over fifteen years making stories come alive.

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Some writers would be ecstatic about having written over five-thousand words in one day. But not this writer. Nope, she is already disappointed at the end of her typical writer's day because she knows despite having made such an achievement it's not enough. More has to come. 

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People out there will tell you to outline a novel, some will even try and make a buck or two from teaching you how. The thing that no one talks about though, is how your outline will change, how outlining a novel doesn't necessarily make the writing process easier, how it in fact, can be a headache of it's own.

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We writers are a unique bunch. Our worries and our head banging activities do not stem from what the norm worry and hurt their heads over. We also don't worry about the skill of writing as much as people probably think. Our minds are usually puzzling over something much simpler on the surface but rather complex in the landscape of a story. 

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