My characters: like the proverbial raccoons on crystal meth.

I await the Muse. Without her, I am as nothing.

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Can We Still Be Surprised?

Once upon a time, a very long time ago now (at least as measured by anyone born in the last 20 years or so), a nice lady by the name of Aggie published a stage play. It was a murder mystery, complete....

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You're writing a book in just a year?

Just like Rafiki said: the Circle of Life. A writer's life, anyway.

Powerful? No... Euphoric? No, that's not it, either. It's... difficult to name.

Hahahaha! Wanna bet?

Let's do the time warp again!

It's a miracle. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

No, no, no, it CAN'T be!

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When Characters Need To Die

“The undiscovered country from whose bourn No traveler returns…” -Hamlet, Act III, Scene i   Ah, Will, scallywag literary torturer of countless generations of high school scholars (full...

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Pretty sure most of us veer wildly back and forth along this continuum. Daily. Sometimes hourly.

Which happens so rarely, it's worth a second look.

Awwww, man.

And BTW, unlike Christof, in my world, characters might very well have something to fear.

The writing community is a sympathetic group.

You want to see my WHAT?!

Writing on a Monday.

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The Horns of a Dilemma

D.R. Ranshaw

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While this may appear to be me giving direction to my character... it is, in actuality, my character spelling out to me exactly how this scene is about to play.

Way cheaper than therapy, too.

But beware: as Gandalf said, "I had to speak a word of Command. That proved too great a strain."

And there will STILL be a fricking typo or six in it.

We writers are nothing if not changeable.

Selective creativity is quite a feat.

Incoming!

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Never, Ever, Ever

I saw this quote on Twitter the other day, and my immediate response to it was, “and never, ever ask how things could be worse, because that’s just too delicious a temptation for the universe to...

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No, no, any question but that! Well, and how long it is.

It's a looong way down, too.

Oh yes, I can. In fact, I must.