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Stina Leicht replied to the topic in the forum Stina Leicht 7 years, 4 months ago
Any progress is progress. 🙂
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Stina Leicht replied to the topic in the forum Stina Leicht 7 years, 4 months ago
“Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc. Not just pretty words.”–Morticia Addams
Honestly, what Tananarive said is my experience as well. That inner critic never goes away. It merely changes its script. For me, it’s gone like this over the past 15 years:
You’re not a writer. You’ve no talent.
A senior editor from Del Rey reads my short story at a…[Read more] -
Stina Leicht replied to the topic in the forum Stina Leicht 7 years, 4 months ago
I, too, like Slack. It’s great for real-time conversations.
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Stina Leicht started the topic in the forum 7 years, 4 months ago
It’s a dark, magical realism, mermaid story set in Houston, Texas. A young girl and her younger sister grow up in a sexist environment. The only safe place for them–free of harassment–is underwater. They dream of becoming mermaids so that they can escape the constant harassment from men and boys. The sister finds a witch to help them. The witch…[Read more]
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Stina Leicht started the topic in the forum 7 years, 4 months ago
I do feel that The Hero’s Journey is a helpful tool for writing. My stance on it, however, is that it isn’t the *only* tool for writing. It has some inherent problems which, if ignored, can cause problematic writing and thinking. Like any useful tool, it’s only useful when the user is aware of its pitfalls. (Hammers are great, but they aren’t the…[Read more]
