I, too, saw some of the light shining through and was able to wash away the scales, thanks to DWS. I consider myself to have been working in a vacuum until I somehow found his web site and started reading. Dean's latest posts about his Magic Bakery, are very enlightening - but only for those who also have a desire to see some light at the end of their own tunnels.
I wish I remembered how I discovered him, but that discovery is lost to the "words" of time, now. I think it was around 2014 or 15. In any case, I'm very grateful I found him and his methods.
Completely agree with Dr. Grothe--I quite enjoy reading your blogs every day, not to mention conversing with you online. You're certainly the most accessible professional writer I've ever met.
Dean helped me become a better writer. So did the other guy. You take some from here, you take some from there. It's our work, so we get to choose how we crank it out.
Of course you get to choose how you crank it out. I couldn't agree more. As I've said numerous times.
My "job" as an instructor and the purpose of TNDJ is to show writers a non-step non-process (WITD) that enables them to spend a lot more time writing vs. outlining, revising, seeking critical input, and rewriting. I teach them to believe in themselves, that it doesn't take a committee to write a novel. Shrug. It's just what I do.
But how others choose to write is strictly up to them. All I can do is tell others about this wonderful non-process. But rest easy, BP. Most won't ever even TRY WITD even though they can always go back to the other, much more labor-intensive way.
Still, it's strictly up to them, and their choice doesn't affect my bottom line in the slightest.
I even offered Quiet the Critical Voice and Write Fiction FREE and thus far have had only FIVE takers out of around 200 free and paid subscribers. A few already had it, but still.
It's just safer and seemingly easier to go with the flow. I can't fault them for that, and I don't. But the folks on the other side will never stop firing warning shots over my bow.
Of course, I could also choose to lie and say "Oh, yeah, it takes me six months to outline a novel, then a couple of years to write it, then another year to revise and seek critical input and rewrite it." If I wasn't publishing my numbers in TNDJ every day, who would know?
For that matter, how doesn't ANYONE else "know" how ANY writer writes? We don't.
With my nonfiction I could just as easily mimic all the other books out there and sell shitloads of them, but I just wouldn't feel right about writing into the dark while "teaching" everybody else the "standard" way of writing just to turn a buck.
Just not how I roll.
And for the record, as I also said in today's TNDJ, I've learned from several writers how to improve my craft. So there's that.
More piling on! (grin).
I, too, saw some of the light shining through and was able to wash away the scales, thanks to DWS. I consider myself to have been working in a vacuum until I somehow found his web site and started reading. Dean's latest posts about his Magic Bakery, are very enlightening - but only for those who also have a desire to see some light at the end of their own tunnels.
I wish I remembered how I discovered him, but that discovery is lost to the "words" of time, now. I think it was around 2014 or 15. In any case, I'm very grateful I found him and his methods.
Thanks, Harvey. You are quite right in saying that tomorrow is never assured, but it will be far nicer if you're in it!
It's a little like running a race without knowing where the finish line is. :-)
Completely agree with Dr. Grothe--I quite enjoy reading your blogs every day, not to mention conversing with you online. You're certainly the most accessible professional writer I've ever met.
Thanks, Erin. I try.
Congratulations to the short story writers 👏. And always good stuff in the magical bakery!
Dean helped me become a better writer. So did the other guy. You take some from here, you take some from there. It's our work, so we get to choose how we crank it out.
Why are we still arguing, Philly?
Of course you get to choose how you crank it out. I couldn't agree more. As I've said numerous times.
My "job" as an instructor and the purpose of TNDJ is to show writers a non-step non-process (WITD) that enables them to spend a lot more time writing vs. outlining, revising, seeking critical input, and rewriting. I teach them to believe in themselves, that it doesn't take a committee to write a novel. Shrug. It's just what I do.
But how others choose to write is strictly up to them. All I can do is tell others about this wonderful non-process. But rest easy, BP. Most won't ever even TRY WITD even though they can always go back to the other, much more labor-intensive way.
Still, it's strictly up to them, and their choice doesn't affect my bottom line in the slightest.
I even offered Quiet the Critical Voice and Write Fiction FREE and thus far have had only FIVE takers out of around 200 free and paid subscribers. A few already had it, but still.
It's just safer and seemingly easier to go with the flow. I can't fault them for that, and I don't. But the folks on the other side will never stop firing warning shots over my bow.
Of course, I could also choose to lie and say "Oh, yeah, it takes me six months to outline a novel, then a couple of years to write it, then another year to revise and seek critical input and rewrite it." If I wasn't publishing my numbers in TNDJ every day, who would know?
For that matter, how doesn't ANYONE else "know" how ANY writer writes? We don't.
With my nonfiction I could just as easily mimic all the other books out there and sell shitloads of them, but I just wouldn't feel right about writing into the dark while "teaching" everybody else the "standard" way of writing just to turn a buck.
Just not how I roll.
And for the record, as I also said in today's TNDJ, I've learned from several writers how to improve my craft. So there's that.