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Laundry Writing

February 14, 2019 by Deb

Script page hanging from washing line

I not talking about dirty laundry… okay, I kinda am. Think you don’t have time to write? Well, if you can fit laundry into your schedule, then you have at least some time! Scenario 1: The Laundromat. Heave your loads to the laundromat. Dump the dirty garments into a row of machines and get them […]

Filed Under: INK, Tips from a Busy Person, Work-Life Balance Tagged With: scriptwriting, time management, writing process

Diving Into The Three Wells at Tea & Ink Writing Club

November 22, 2018 by Deb

I was requested to mentor again at the Tea & Ink Writing Club and happily agreed. To do something a little different, this time I brought Matthew Kalil’s book “The Three Wells of Screenwriting” (a wonderful new MWP book on my bookshelf). It’s a book to get the inspiration juices flowing. From the book, I […]

Filed Under: Books on Deb's Shelf, INK, Inspiration Tagged With: MWP, scriptwriting, story ideas, writing process

Writing: What’s Stopping You? The Perfect Writing Space?

July 2, 2015 by Deb 2 Comments

Can you picture it? That perfect writing place? A window overlooking nature (forest or beach), an ergonomically comfortable desk chair, a keyboard at just the right height, reference books and inspiring objects all within arm’s reach, but breathing space on the desk so as not to clutter the mind, and wall space that’s either a […]

Filed Under: INK, Life, What's Stopping You? Tagged With: writer's block, writing process

Writing: What’s Stopping You? The Nit-Picker Copyeditor?

June 4, 2015 by Deb 2 Comments

Excuses, excuses, excuses… We tell them to ourselves. We give them to others. What’s stopping you from writing? How about that voice in your head that doubts your use of vocabulary (“should I write in US English, UK English or Canadian English?”), or doubts your consistency of style (“you don’t really know how that character […]

Filed Under: INK, Management, What's Stopping You? Tagged With: copyediting, writer's block, writing process

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