Category: Reflection
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Reflection: A great story waits in everybody
A great story waits in everybody. Do you remember when as a kid, you and your friends would babble endlessly about magic realms, play soldier, play superhero, and throw in every cool thing from the most recent movie or show that caught your imagination? It was completely without agenda, without self-consciousness, without motive other than…
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Reflection: Why Write?
Introspection: Why write? (the primary reason I mean) Possible answers: Money/recognition, self-validation, love/addiction, power/freedom, to create a masterpiece, or…I’ll get to the last one in a bit. It’s a bit meta (sorry if you’re not into that). So starting with money/recognition-not up to the writer. People may buy my work…or not. People may give me…
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Reflection: On Originality
What is originality? Two things for certain: 1. A concept that is hard to define. 2. A concept that will incense writers/artists into trying to define it. How many have you heard this story: A common person finds out he/she is exceptional and changes the world for the better. I just described Star Wars, The…
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Reflection: Echo Release Schedule and Serialization
Writers, how many of you have been frustrated by how long it will take to release your book? Solution: Serialization, or the release of partial segments of material. Problem: You better know EXACTLY how the story plays out for the foreseeable future, because you don’t have the opportunity to go back and revise a segment you’ve…
Kent Wayne 