Just Read -- How To Get Inspired To Write

Inspiration is something that all writers struggle with at some point of the creative process. Stewart Ferris's book  How to Get Inspired to Write - and the secret of writing without inspiration aims to reduce those moments of procrastination and staring at blank pages. He demonstrates that writers, with a few tricks and guidelines, never have to wait for inspiration to strike; that they can just write and the words take care of themselves.

  It's available through Amazon at http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006KC32OS/ref=rdr_kindle_ext_tmb and is my book recommendation of the month.

  Also, there is a great section that discusses redrafting and how to break the edit down into 10 stages or sweeps; each redraft stage, concentrating on one element of the story - such as structure, dialogue or description, through to a final sweep for punctuation.

  I'm currently reading a few eBooks about writing - all of which will find their way onto the blog in the near future. You can keep up to date with all my reads following by email (you will find the box at the top right-hand side of the blog page) or via Networked Blogs etc. I'm on Facebook and Google+ too.
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The Daily Grind

I am now a good way through my next short story - the basic draft that is - still with tons of editing to plough through. Things have been a little slow for me this month; understandable when you move house and what with the daily grind (the real world, which none of us can avoid, no matter how fertile our imaginations are) it's a miracle I've even got to the computer at all!
     I'm doing my usual; putting unnecessary pressure on myself; taking far too much on and not sleeping when I should be. But then, sometimes - that works for me. I can't get too complacent after all. Easy to do when most of your work is produced at home and under your own steam.
    Deadlines are good; they help to keep you focused. Deadlines are what I need as I'm so easily distracted by old or shiny things, food...oh and the all consuming social network. With that in mind, I'm keeping the post short today - knowing that I really should be writing stories and not blogs. Then again, it's all practise, isn't it!
    The next Cafe Three-Zero eBook is out in the Spring - which gives us a few months to organise everything. However, that has to allow time for edits, book design, checks and double checks. The only brief for this collection of stories is that they're inspired by the word RED. I've done my brainstorming and have finally settled on an idea with the working title of Find The Lady. 
     There will be updates aplenty over the next few weeks, confirming the authors and final release dates. Volume 2 is shaping up to be bigger and better than Volume 1, with the word count for each story around 3000 words or more. So lots to look forward to in the Cafe Three-Zero camp and lots to read.

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