Write Lightning is a blog from writer Deb Thompson.
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Everyone is welcome here.
(Some links or topics may not be completely kid-appropriate.)
Thu, Mar 18 2010
Don't steal stories. Steal story inspiration.
When I have trouble writing from a standing start I've been known to pick up other people's short stories or novels and write them again, not in order to plagiarize, but in order to practice my own writing voice. Rewriting and editing someone's else's work can often be just what I need to get my own creative juices flowing again. I've even printed out excerpts of stories online and then cut them up and shifted paragraphs around in hopes of jump-starting my own ideas. When I'm finished using them as inspiration I can just shred them and begin to focus on my own new work. Bonus: No authors were harmed in the creation of the new story.
posted at: 14:05 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
When I have trouble writing from a standing start I've been known to pick up other people's short stories or novels and write them again, not in order to plagiarize, but in order to practice my own writing voice. Rewriting and editing someone's else's work can often be just what I need to get my own creative juices flowing again. I've even printed out excerpts of stories online and then cut them up and shifted paragraphs around in hopes of jump-starting my own ideas. When I'm finished using them as inspiration I can just shred them and begin to focus on my own new work. Bonus: No authors were harmed in the creation of the new story.
posted at: 14:05 | category: /Writing Life | link to this entry
