http://writejaywrite.com Encouragement, Inspiration, and Sometimes Just a Kick in the Pants Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:10:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Were I to relate this blog to a child, I’d say I came through the “what should I call her” phase and the “she’s going to be a doctor or an astronaut one day” phase, and then I just sat around and stared at her for a while.  Now I’ve ... http://writejaywrite.com/its-a-girl/ The Fantasy When I write, it is always exactly what I wanted to say, exactly how I wanted to say it. When I am in the zone, I am so on fire that everything pouring out of me is perfection and there is no possible way that anyone could ever improve ... http://writejaywrite.com/the-rewrite/ We all know the standard "cure" for writer's block is to just start writing, perhaps guided by a writing prompt that we found from a book or on the web. But, what if the problem is not material - we know what we want to say - or the inability ... http://writejaywrite.com/writers-block/ Here is a little something I wrote about a box of books I found in the basement... The sobering mundaneness of existence has come to rest heavily upon my already stooped and weary shoulders. Were I but a bird able to soar among the clouds, frolic within the treetops, dance in ... http://writejaywrite.com/the-lyricism-and-rhythm-of-writing/ I have finally decided what I am doing with my life. OK, that’s not entirely true – but after some soul-searching I have figured out what to do with this site. If you are accustomed to coming here to read my musings, then I urge you to go find them at Unfocused ... http://writejaywrite.com/the-new-writejaywrite/ Some folks seem to still wander by the ol' WJW from time to time, and you must be one of those folk. But, I'm making some monstrous changes to the site, and I'm afraid I've gone about it all wrong - sans the development server and the like, so for ... http://writejaywrite.com/whats-all-this/