Write NowWrite What Now?
As writers, along the away at some time, we’ve all heard the admonition, Write What You Know.
Uh huh, right. Well I’ve always kind of wrestled with that, but now I’ve heard it put another way.
by Peggy BechkoToday I’m going to give some advice that’ll make some people sit up and spit.
It’s this – Forget the Rules Already and Write.
Yep, that simple.
by Peggy BechkoEvery once in a while I’m asked by a reader, a fan, “what do YOU read?”
You mean besides my own work over and over and over again to edit, catch mistakes and generally polish?
I read a lot. A lot as in a huge volume of material and ‘a lot’ as in variety of material. So I belong toGoodreads and share some of my books there.
by Peggy BechkoWhere do you write? I’ve had a lot of readers ask me that question and I think I can see the interest. Plainly if one is a doctor or a lawyer, a sales clerk or a waiter, where people work and how they go about their jobs is fairly evident. An office, a store, a restaurant.
Not so with writers. To readers, and many others who don’t read much, writers are a mysterious lot, a strange group, a baffling enigma.
Where a writer writes I think depends on a whole lot of factors such as what kind of writing that writer does, whether its fiction, non-fiction, copywriting, article writing, grant writing, etc. Now I’m going to be bold and assume a large interest might well be placed on fiction writer. After all they create worlds and fascinating environments. Sometimes other worldly, sometimes down the street.
by Peggy BechkoWriters have many plagues in our solitary worlds. There’s writer’s block, procrastination and upfront for this article, distractions.
Now, many of us writers are so skilled we can even use Distraction to enable our Procrastination and thus not complete an article, story, grant application or any other writing task before us. Quite an accomplishment in a negative sort of way.
But that’s probably not the best idea. We do have to get something done. Really. Freelance writers have to get their work done – hopefully on time.