Best of the Blog – 2012 Edition
Year in Review
Looking back, here are my picks for my favorite posts this year, one per month. (I didn’t count Perry’s posts. he can do his own review if’n he wants to. *grin*)
January
Abandoning a Project, or How To Tell If A Story is Broken
In which I found myself struggling to continue working on a project.
February
In which I share my idea box — the place I keep my notes and story ideas.
March
In which I talk about how important it is for writers to allow themselves the same freedom as an artist in their sketchbook.
April
Story Dissection and Evaluation
A quick method to give a first pass evaluation on a new story idea.
May
On Learning to See Flaws in your Writing
In which I discuss the stages of writing and learning to become a better writer.
June
A three part post in which I discuss my growing disappointment with the short story environment.
July
Being a Writer Makes it More Difficult To Be A Reader
In which I talk about the pain of realizing old favorite books aren’t always as good as remembered.
August
In which I discuss the importance of reading.
September
In which I discuss the importance of a forgiving nature as a writer … forgiving YOURSELF as well as others.
October
In which I discuss what I think the first quarter of a book should contain, plot-wise.
November
In which I discuss the REAL truth about Mary Sues … the fact that everyone kind of loves a character that rides the line.
December
In which I try to turn the “resolution” of writing a book into reachable goals.
3 Comments
Man, some of those posts sparked some fantastic discussions.
It’s fun to look back at a bunch of them, revisit the ideas and concepts ^^
Was a lot of fun to go through and pick some out. Especially since I actually had posts every month this year! *laugh* This whole “monday and thursday” thing is really working out for me.
Were there really months that you didn’t have posts? Haha.
I started with Ego then swapped over to Choose/here before I just…had…here hehe.
But looking back over the year, I suddenly realize just how long I lurked before I started commenting ^^”