by christawojo@gmail.com | May 31, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
I’m not going to elaborate here. YOU are the only YOU on this planet. Only YOU can write what you write. YOU’RE A GENIUS ALL THE TIME. *drops the mic* Happy Writing! –Christa
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 30, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
If you’ve been writing for a while, you might notice that much of your writing is similar. Character-types repeat. Themes replay over and over. Settings and atmosphere don’t vary much. This is good when starting out. You settle into your voice, genre, and...
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 29, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
Do you believe in the afterlife? What is our purpose here? Will our consciousness survive the death of our body? No one is sure about what happens after we take our last breath. It can leave us confused, depressed, and maybe even a little bitter. Humans cope with the...
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 28, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
Would your book make a good movie? I grew up obsessed with movies. Even though I love to binge on series, I still I prefer to watch movies over any other kind of video format. I think most writers write from a mental movie that plays inside their heads. We fantasize...
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 27, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
Ahhh! This is a wonderful tip! If only it were so easy. One of the biggest challenges of writing is to recreate the exact vision we have in our minds. Our final draft never comes out exactly as we imagined. We usually end up with another version of our original idea....
by christawojo@gmail.com | May 26, 2019 | blog, Kerouac's Writing Tips
We talked about this in the post about all the nasties you write. So many people feel fear and shame about their pasts. Yeah, we screw up. We have regrets, but many of us own guilt that isn’t ours. We hold back in our writing because we don’t want anyone to know our...
