Monday, July 26, 2021

The Writer's TO DO List

 

Cartoon by Will McPhail


Of course, we would advise one to complete this (writer's) To Do list in the opposite order. 


Tuesday, July 6, 2021

Summertime Writing for Teacher\Professors

Image Source: Sandy Cangelosi

One of the best times to write for teachers slash professors is during summer vacation but like Will Self, the English author, I would advise educators to do a substantial brain dump (e.g., ≈ 200 pages) before doing any editing. 

Self advised in The Guardian's "Ten Rules for Writing Fiction" (Fri 19 Feb 2010):

“Don't look back until you've written an entire draft, just begin each [summer] day from the last sentence you wrote the preceding day. This prevents those cringing feelings, and means that you have a substantial body of work before you get down to the real work which is all in ... the edit [in the fall]."