Hello everyone,
I've been living in non-English-speaking countries for a while, and although the internet
) Absolute Write) can provide a writing community anywhere, I've still got into bad habits of pottering along alone and falling into slumps. I do always write, but sometimes my productivity is more Jack Torrance than Jessica Fletcher.
This year, I've moved to California, and it seems like a good time to get more active with my writing. Maybe even pro-active. Perhaps... finally join Absolute Write?
The tentative plan is: stop lurking, start posting; begin actually communicating with other writers, whether online or in person (I think there may be other writers here in LA); start critiquing and being critiqued; eventually move beyond stage one of the following:
1. write something
2. finish it
3. show it to someone, somewhere
I have about fifteen ostensibly-complete short stories, and the 3rd draft of a novel (which needs a complete overhaul, and the mere sight of which drives me to drink). Writing, improving and submitting the short stories is my current goal.
I'm looking forward to getting stuck in.
I've been living in non-English-speaking countries for a while, and although the internet
) Absolute Write) can provide a writing community anywhere, I've still got into bad habits of pottering along alone and falling into slumps. I do always write, but sometimes my productivity is more Jack Torrance than Jessica Fletcher.This year, I've moved to California, and it seems like a good time to get more active with my writing. Maybe even pro-active. Perhaps... finally join Absolute Write?
The tentative plan is: stop lurking, start posting; begin actually communicating with other writers, whether online or in person (I think there may be other writers here in LA); start critiquing and being critiqued; eventually move beyond stage one of the following:
1. write something
2. finish it
3. show it to someone, somewhere
I have about fifteen ostensibly-complete short stories, and the 3rd draft of a novel (which needs a complete overhaul, and the mere sight of which drives me to drink). Writing, improving and submitting the short stories is my current goal.
I'm looking forward to getting stuck in.
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