Author Archive: tyunglebower
Using Common Threads to Spur Creativity
Writers, when in doubt, use a thread. That’s what I started out doing a year or so ago, as I often do. I wanted to increase my short story production, and I decided I’d pick a loose thread or theme common to the next few stories I’d write. Three or four ideas for stories sprang …
Be a Fan of Your Own Work
-All first drafts are terrible. -You need a beta reader or two, or five in order to help you see your work more objectively. -Invest money in an editor before you either publish a manuscript yourself or before you send it off to an agent; you’re too close to your own work to see it for …
It’s Crucial to Write When You Don’t Want To.
I don’t write every single day. Nor do I write at the same time every day that I do write. If doing either or both of these things helps you as an author, by all means continue. If you think my rejecting both creeds and stating as much on my blog is heresy, then label …
An Open Letter to My First (And Worst) Bully
For the purposes of this open letter, the addressee will be referred to as 45217. A subsequent person will be referred to as Jake. -Ty Dear 45217, One of the least surprising things I ever learned in my life some years ago was that you ended up in prison. Robbery, was it? I don’t remember exact details, but I …
Ty Unglebower 