tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-14:3071550 Writing Excuses Transcripts Writing Excuses Transcripts 2011-11-08T11:20:00Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-14:3071550:51244 ext_88293 2011-11-08T11:20:00Z 2011-11-08T11:20:00Z flying public 2 Posted by: <span lj:user='mbarker.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=92151&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mbarker.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mbarker.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Writing Excuses 6.23: Pigeon Holes<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/11/06/writing-excuses-6-23-pigeon-holes/">http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/11/06/writing-excuses-6-23-pigeon-holes/</a><br /><br />Key points: Beware pigeonholes! You can get a lot farther by writing what people think they want than just pushing what you want. Write what you want, but do it in such a way that people think it's something else! Be open to trying new things. Pick difficult things. Pick things outside your comfort zone. Stretch as a writer! Fulfill your creative jollies in a lot of media. Find the best story you can tell and tell it with your greatest skills. Rise to that challenge! Find the fun of each new type of story. Do a writing prompt every day, share it with people, and write!<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/51244.html#cutid1">spilling out of the pigeonholes...</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br />[Jonathan] Write the opening scene of a Steampunk version of Alice in Wonderland.<br />[Dan] Nice.<br />[Howard] Very good. Jonathan, thank you very much for joining us. Ladies and gentlemen, this has been Writing Excuses. You are out of excuses. Now. Go. Write.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wetranscripts&ditemid=51244" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments