I was cleaning up my internet
bookmark folder while listening to a podcast today.
It started when my brain skittered
off with some ideas from that talk that should go in some of my writing. I headed
off to find that work, couldn’t find it, and ended up making a note in a
different program [google keep] with a reminder to pop up later.
Then I saw a lot of my ‘how to use
social media’ posts dated from 2012. Seriously out of date when social media
changes daily, so I started pruning and tidying up. I made a new heading of ‘writing
tools’ and was dragging bookmarks into it. Some I had to click on to see what they
were, and why I had bothered to save them.
And I found a plot generator I had
totally forgotten about. I LOVE these things. I love a challenge. And it sounds
funny, but it is much easier to write within strict boundaries than it is to
write with the freedom of choice of the entire world. Too much choice is
paralysing.
There are a number of different
genres. I picked paranormal romance (my jam) and let it randomise everything. And
voila…
Hilarious. I really love the
reviews.
But… I reckon I could write that.
Links:
The podcast - Jeff Goins
140: Stop Starving and Start
Making a Living from Your Art: Interview with Cory Huff
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