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Posts Tagged ‘ideas’

it’s the same old story

Posted in writing, tagged , , on December 29, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I read this blog entry by Florence Catherine Gardner way back in September, where she talks about writers really having only one story in them.  Each book they write is simply a retelling of the same story. Bummer. Here I think I’m all creative and stuff, and really, I’m stuck in a Groundhog Day loop. [...]

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writerly ideas, right this way…

Posted in oddities, writing, tagged , , , , , , , , , on March 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The idea for Wizard of Oz came from a file drawer label: O-Z. The idea for Twilight came from a dream.  Yeah, that’s what she says. And The Graveyard Book came from watching his two-year-old pedal his trike around a graveyard. (You know what? That kid WANTS you to see his humiliation.  He posted it [...]

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everything I need to know I learned in high school

Posted in writing, tagged , , , on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

This is how a writer comes up with ideas: I need to think of something to write.  I need to think of something to write.  It’s Wednesday, I need to post.  What’ll I write about?  Why did I ever start this dag-nabbit blog?  Why am I talking like Yosemite Sam? Random thoughts.  Angst.  Hostility.  Show [...]

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