Category Archives: Writing
The Play’s the Thing
Last night I finished up the first draft of my first for length stage play script. (I’m calling it All Five for now.) This was a major writing goal for me in 2014. Being an actor myself, I know the importance of a good script. This doesn’t make me an automatic great playwright, but I know …
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 …
Ty Unglebower 