"Write
down the thoughts of the moment. Those
that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable." -Francis Bacon
This week on Writing From the Peak...
...Stacy S. Jensen lets you know how you can Help an Author Out by leaving a review.
...Our new columnist, Donnell Ann Bell, talks about Accepting Advice.
...And Debbie Maxwell Allen discusses query letters in Ready to Test-Drive Your Query Letter.
Also, don't forget the Write Brain this week! Page Lambert pays us a visit to discuss Manifestation of Yearning: The Flesh & Blood Factor of Storytelling. More information available on our website, the Event tab, and our Tuesday post.
Now we've got another installment of I Write Because..., provided by attendees of the 2013 Pikes Peak Writers Conference.
I Write Because...
...The stories are in me. They find their way out one way or another!
...Working fast food eats my soul.
...I am alive and human.
...Okay, so here's the thing...I loved playing "pretend" as a kid. Hours and hours of adventure & derring do, cops & robbers, cowboys & indians, mysteries to solve, treasures to find...And then I grew up. And nobody wanted to play pretend. But I still had all those adventures in my head, firing my imagination. So I wrote. I write. I keep writing. And now I've found friends who want to share my adventures. My readers.
...I have to. It fuels me to live the rest of my life happily. Without it, I am a shell of myself.
...It makes me happy and at peace.
...I can't stop!
...Everyone has a story to tell--and stories are what give life meaning. Plus, it's fun. :)
...Robot dinosaurs from Mars need a voice.
Robot dinosaurs from Mars do indeed need a voice.
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