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When Writing Hell Fans the Flames of Creativity by K.D. Rose
There's a little corner in writer hell for every author. For some it's
staring at a blank page. For others it may be marketing. For other- others, it
could be the difference between writing what someone wants to write versus
writing what sells. The good news: whatever a particular author hell may be,
escape is possible. Here is the secret. Authors are
writers. Escape from
author hell can be as simple as writing differently. Creatively. Whimsically.
Thinking sideways. Writing with joy. It's so easy to let writing become a chore.
But authors
choose to write. At one time or another, writing was a
passion. Writing should be a desire as hot as some of the sex scenes in romance
novels. By changing the writing, even if just for a few minutes, an author's
mindset can reboot.
Once freed from their cages, many writers are almost pathologically unable to
stop themselves from just a bit of wordplay, witticisms, or quips. And that is a
good thing. Like yoga for synapses, we get the chance to limber up, stretch, and
oh my− even interact at times.
Question: What do you get when you put 400 writers together on the
internet?
Answer: Automatic messages hawking 400 books.
(The above is one part of writing hell I forgot to mention.) But getting back
to mind yoga...it can be a genuine experience to exercise creativity. If you
find others to 'play' with, even better! Activities like this are opportunities
to not just to get out of the box, but to blow the box up. As a writer, sideways
thinking comes in handy. Then again, I'm the one who during the now very old
Hadron Collider news (so old it's been a joke on The Big Bang Theory) could not
stop myself from making as many Higgs-Boson quips as possible. I'm weird like
that, but take advantage when something comes along that adds vitamin C to your
own creative juices. I just happen to be a geek.
Facebook has a number of author groups that offer opportunities for writing
exercises as well. There are worse things than testing uncharted writing waters
among like-minded and supportive authors.
Here are examples of my sideways brain game at the time of the Hadron
Collider news. I can't say that writing these made me write books any better,
but I can say they gave me pure joy, forced me to think sideways, and lent a
brief respite from word counts. They all concern writing hell. #Writerhell was
trending on Twitter at the time and authors were having one big brain-fest.
These were mine, for better and sometimes for worse. Now you know why they're
all under 140 characters.
- In writing hell you must diagram all your sentences.
- In writing hell you are paid based on the number of people who understand
your writing as you meant it.
- In writing hell the only font available is wingdings.
- In writing hell Gore Vidal hears The Simpsons given as the definition
of wit.
- In writing hell Kerouac is in charge of format and Cummings is punctuation
editor.
- In writing hell, you start writing a flashback and suddenly find yourself at
NASCAR. You realize you're in a Burroughs cut up novel.
- In writing hell metaphor is illegal and verbs & nouns require American
Express. Adjectives are served free with cocktails.
- In writing hell syntax is something we grape refrigerator.
- In writing hell discovery of Higgs-Boson is explained by the national media.
Or is that science hell? Streams cross. The Stay-Puft Marshmallow man goes
down.
- In writing hell dictionary.com is the etymology resource of
expertise.
- In writing hell the Algonquin Round Table is held at Amazon.com.
- In writing hell you must fit all the creativity of the universe into a wee
box called "genre".
- In writing hell books are declared passé by 12 year olds.
- In writing hell writers chastise other writers for writing in writing hell,
then berate themselves. Presses stop. Cats twitch.
- In writing hell "work" is actually that thing that takes you AWAY from
writing. And that is why writing hell flows with ink stained tears.
I certainly got my exercise from doing time in writing hell. And while it may
be hell, the witmosphere is dry− very dry.
Finally, remember: the road to writer hell is always paved with bestseller
intentions.
(I'll groan for you.)
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K.D. Rose is an author and poet and currently has "Heavy Bags of Soul",
"Inside Sorrow" and “I AM (Poetry in Motion)” on sale at Amazon.com. Look for
The Erasing Series, Book 1-“Erasing: Shadows” for Lycaon Press available on all
publishing platforms. Erasing: Shadows is the first of a Seven Book Series for
New Adults in the Paranormal Genre.
"K.D. Rose's writing will set your neurons on fire." – Tophat Raven Art and
Literary Magazine.
K.D. Rose is now also an author with Lycaon Press. For more adult-themed
books, her alter ego, H.K. Sterling is an author for Breathless Press. K.D. also
continues to write poetry and recently created a new literary and art magazine
with five other authors around the globe. K.D.'s poetry has been featured in a
number of magazines online.
K.D. has an eclectic mind and loves language, physics, philosophy,
photography, design, art, writing, symbolism, semiotics, spirituality, and Dr.
Who. K.D. is an avid supporter of music, the arts, cutting edge science,
technology, and creativity in all forms that encourage us to expand and explore
past the artificial limits we often set for ourselves in order to see the
everyday connections that exist among all things.
Find K.D. and her books
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Erasing: Shadows
Erasing #1
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What if to save the ones you love, you had to unlock the key to a different reality?
Generations
of mystery smash together when a seemingly traditional family must
shatter their illusions of normality to confront themselves and their
friends, leaving no possibility unexplored in order to rescue- well, who
exactly? Watch the Ross family, the High Five Gang, and multiple
generations dig into an innovative explosion of imagination where they
must confront numerous realities, real-world danger, and worst of
all—their own teenage hormones!
In a place where nothing is as it
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you knew may find themselves strangers in this moving and provocative
reality-bender. With breathless pacing and psychological intrigue,
Erasing: Shadows and the High Five Gang will keep you guessing until the
very end.
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