{"id":969,"date":"2009-01-12T20:20:43","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T03:20:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=969"},"modified":"2015-02-21T01:02:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T08:02:42","slug":"a-writers-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/01\/12\/a-writers-meme\/","title":{"rendered":"A Writers’ Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

This writers’ meme was stolen from Write on Wednesday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s your favorite genre of writing? <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

creative non-fiction, essays, I want to be Erma Bombeck when I grow up<\/p>\n

How often do you get writer\u2019s block?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

often, I have a tendency to feel like I have nothing of value to say, and when I do have something to say, that what I have to offer will be offensive to those that I care about<\/p>\n

How do you fix it? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I write it in my journal or I just swallow what ever it is that I’m most passionate about and then I do a meme or post pictures in my blog instead of being brave (note: I definitely do not<\/em> recommend this to others)<\/p>\n

Do you type or write by hand? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

both, the more emotional the topic the better it is to write by hand, but technical writing is always composed right on the computer<\/p>\n

Do you save everything you write? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

not everything, but a pretty big percentage, I like to come back to it later, even the junk, and see if it inspires something else later on<\/p>\n

Do you ever go back to an old idea long after you abandoned it? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

see above.\u00a0 I go back all the time, it’s amazing what I find that I hadn’t noticed before<\/p>\n

Do you have a\u00a0 constructive critic? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

unfortunately no.\u00a0 I’d really like to find that.\u00a0 I have plenty of critics and I have lavish praisers, but no constructive feedback<\/p>\n

Did you ever write a novel? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

not yet, one of these days.<\/p>\n

What genre would you love to write but haven\u2019t?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

science fiction<\/p>\n

What\u2019s one genre you have never written, and probably never will? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

horror, I don’t like reading it, so I doubt I would write it<\/p>\n

How many writing projects are you working on right now? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

no idea, 2 or 3 that i actively work on, but there are thousands of projects on my harddrives just waiting for me to come back and finish<\/p>\n

Do you write for a living? Do you want to?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I would love to make a living from writing, but it’s not paying the rent yet<\/p>\n

Have you ever written something for a magazine or newspaper? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

not yet<\/p>\n

Have you ever won an award for your writing? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

some blog awards, I don’t know if that counts<\/p>\n

What are your five favorite words?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

hope, silly, assiduous, engage, lounge<\/p>\n

Do you ever write based on your dreams? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

absolutely, maybe not the entire dream, but there’s a kernel in there that gets the ball rolling<\/p>\n

Do you favor happy endings, sad endings, or cliff-hangers?\"bird-4\"<\/a> <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m a sucker for happy endings, I read to escape, I like reading to make me feel better, not worse<\/p>\n

Have you ever written based on an artwork you\u2019ve seen?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I haven’t tried that yet but it sounds like a good way to battle writer’s block<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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