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Glib is a way of writing

Glib is fluent. Glib is hip. It is superficial. It is shallow. It is insincere. But it is fluent and hip. The words just roll off the tongue. They can roll off a writer’s manscript as well. The writer is not necessarily insincere as a person, but is writing about a subject in a glib… Read More Glib is a way of writing

May 11, 2023May 8, 2023 peteswritingLeave a comment

Feeling better about those works

There seemed to be no unifying idea, but I’m feeling better about how I wrote some of those that are now published. They work. Even the rejected stuff – said the writer.

February 4, 2023April 29, 2023 peteswritingLeave a comment

Multiple drafts reveal a real development

If you’ve read the first drafts of Star Wars you may understand or at least I do as I have just compared the older stories of Star Wars with the finished script. It was amazing. I was so surprised to see the dearth in the original drafts compared to the later ones. That is, I… Read More Multiple drafts reveal a real development

January 30, 2023April 29, 2023 peteswritingLeave a comment

Yesterday’s writings returned

Yesterday’s writings can become today’s better pieces, can be rearranged into other pieces, can be retained for their use at a later stage. Yesterday is good.

December 22, 2022May 2, 2023 peteswritingLeave a comment

Self-improvement for the writer

Improve! Speak for yourself, someone says! Yes, I aim to, maybe you will, too. We’re all trying…Take the opportunity to improve your work by looking at your old articles, stories, and seeing if anything could do with a tweak or major revision. Any things you learn in your revising will spill into your current work… Read More Self-improvement for the writer

October 6, 2020May 25, 2022 peteswritingLeave a comment

Editing to personal satisfaction

Whatever you do do it well- Walt Disney I’d like to avoid the difficult editing stages of polishing a piece of writing, so I may delay doing it, even so ending up having to do it, because I just gotta. It is thinking about what I want out of the piece that motivates me to… Read More Editing to personal satisfaction

August 25, 2020May 25, 2022 peteswriting3 Comments

Introspective writer’s moments

They tell you to never look back. It just stifles the present. In writing, it makes one think of the negative points of one’s writing. I wish I had done it better one moans. However, I do not mind looking back at what I have written in the past if just for the curiosity of… Read More Introspective writer’s moments

July 7, 2020May 25, 2022 peteswritingLeave a comment

Small touches matter: the edit that counts

Do small touches make the difference to an article? Like a slight tweak, a slight delete, a shortening, a change of word? Emphatically, yes! But it depends. Sometimes, it wouldn’t matter, but other times, it may sort out the clutter and expression, say, into something more readable, exciting, or colorful.

October 5, 2019May 25, 2022 peteswritingLeave a comment

Editing SOS

Ever thought an article of yours that was published sounded uneven? Like some parts could have been better, but other parts were good. But in the end it sort of comes out in the wash and the effect of the article actually says something well. That’s a bit of a strange working, if I may… Read More Editing SOS

September 30, 2019May 25, 2022 peteswritingLeave a comment

Thoughtfully approaching a piece if it’s cluttered

It’s a problem that I have been overcoming. With some of my work, a problem when I’m writing is saying so much that some paragraphs become cluttered or not saying enough when a thought should be expanded so as to provide the meaning. But I had to be more thoughtful about these difficulties. I somehow… Read More Thoughtfully approaching a piece if it’s cluttered

August 31, 2019May 25, 2022 peteswritingLeave a comment

Fancy editing

This week I’ve been turning paragraphs around in terms of their arrangement within the paragraph. But what about swapping two paragraphs around, so that the bottom paragraph goes at the top and the top paragraph goes to the bottom. As there are only two paragraphs in this piece this wasn’t a case of plowing through… Read More Fancy editing

August 21, 2019May 25, 2022 peteswritingLeave a comment

Details matter – in case one slipped by

A few years ago I got a call saying they wanted a clarification on something I wrote. Of course, one could take this personally–thoughts going through your head, ‘I got it wrong’, ‘I did bad’ etc. But it reminded me to be sure of the details in seemingly clear-cut places.

August 12, 2019May 25, 2022 peteswritingLeave a comment

Good, unexpected lessons from editors

Editors are there to present your work, but I wasn’t expecting life lessons as well. However, I’ve finally grasped what they were on about. And it’s all true. There were two lessons, both points resonating now.

April 30, 2019May 25, 2022 peteswritingLeave a comment

Binning one’s work may be premature

Once this week I thought: I’m still ruthlessly deciding on what devotional ideas to use or not to use. If any are worth writing up formally, so I can relax by writing less. But the material’s mostly gone –been rubbished, binned and formally incinerated. Remnants, though, survive. Even those I thought I could recycle in… Read More Binning one’s work may be premature

March 9, 2019May 24, 2022 peteswritingLeave a comment

Marketing one’s work alone

Writers on their own, with a book in hand, may need an agent or representative, because agents are closer to the publishers. Agents are also good because they save the writer having to concentrate on marketing work as well as writing it. One can go it alone in the grand scheme of choices a writer… Read More Marketing one’s work alone

March 7, 2019May 24, 2022 peteswritingLeave a comment

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  1. The action at the local multiplex was a long story – Storyteller's Eclectic Flying Machine on Compassion in a film about a contentious issueMay 21, 2023

    […] the back seat, watching Dead Man Walking. Reaction: I am seeing its worth. Consequence: I write a review. Context:…

  2. peteswriting on I’ve got joyMarch 17, 2023

    I went to a place where my work was accepted, and I grew in confidence and also learnt in the…

  3. peteswriting on A little boastingMarch 17, 2023

    It was just a play on words. I had written something previously that I changed around a bit to sound…

  4. motiv8n on A little boastingMarch 16, 2023

    Great post! I completely agree that writing can be a pain sometimes, but it’s always worth it in the end.…

  5. motiv8n on I’ve got joyMarch 16, 2023

    Great blog post! I love how you highlighted the importance of persistence and determination, especially when it comes to writing.…

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