{"id":5050,"date":"2013-12-18T02:53:09","date_gmt":"2013-12-18T02:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/?page_id=5050"},"modified":"2025-03-02T19:51:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T19:51:00","slug":"thoughts-on-writing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/thoughts-on-writing\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts on Writing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-5145 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/lucy.jpg\" alt width=\"249\" height=\"264\"><\/p>\n<p>A while back,&nbsp;a vis\u00adi\u00adtor to my web\u00adsite said that it con\u00adtained a lot of use\u00adful infor\u00adma\u00adtion for writ\u00aders. How\u00adev\u00ader, when I looked clos\u00ader at the site myself, I dis\u00adcov\u00adered that many of the best pieces were&nbsp;buried under <em>years<\/em> of blog entries, mak\u00ading them dif\u00adfi\u00adcult to find.<\/p>\n<p>So, I decid\u00aded to cre\u00adate one page with links to the best of these buried entries. I hope these pieces prove help\u00adful in your own writ\u00ading and writ\u00ading life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Craft \/ Technique \/ Rewriting<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/cutting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cut\u00adting<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/my-writing-secret-weapon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Writ\u00ading Secret Weapon<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/polishing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pol\u00adish\u00ading<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/shut-up-hemingway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shut Up, Hem\u00ading\u00adway<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/the-creative-tension-imperativenot-kants-categorical-imperative-thank-god\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Cre\u00adative Ten\u00adsion Imper\u00ada\u00adtive<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/the-masters-of-narrative-drive\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mas\u00adters of Nar\u00adra\u00adtive Dri\u00adve<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/two-ideas-to-get-you-through-the-1st-draft\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two Ideas to Get You Through (The 1st Draft)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/to-all-so-called-authors-stop-doing-this-you-look-like-idiots\/\">To All So-Called Authors: Stop Doing This; You Look Like Idiots<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/my-prodigiously-convoluted-yet-miraculously-productive-low-tech-writing-process-part-1\/\">My Prodi\u00adgious\u00adly Con\u00advo\u00adlut\u00aded Yet Mirac\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly Pro\u00adduc\u00adtive Low-Tech Writ\u00ading Process \u2014 Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/my-prodigiously-convoluted-yet-miraculously-productive-low-tech-writing-process-part-2-with-a-few-modest-writing-secrets\/\">My Prodi\u00adgious\u00adly Con\u00advo\u00adlut\u00aded Yet Mirac\u00adu\u00adlous\u00adly Pro\u00adduc\u00adtive Low-Tech Writ\u00ading Process \u2014 Part 2 \u2014 With a Few Mod\u00adest Writ\u00ading Secrets<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Epublishing \/ Ebooks \/ Kindle<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/a-shattered-paradigm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Shat\u00adtered Par\u00ada\u00addigm<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/publishing-your-ebook-dont-go-it-alone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pub\u00adlish\u00ading Your Ebook: Don\u2019t Go It Alone<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/what-i-learned-while-publishing-the-dakota-stevens-series-on-kindle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What I Learned While Pub\u00adlish\u00ading the Dako\u00adta Stevens Series on Kin\u00addle<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/why-im-publishing-my-pi-series-on-kindle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Why I\u2019m Pub\u00adlish\u00ading My P.I. Series on Kin\u00addle<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Grammar \/ Syntax \/ Punctuation<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/what-the-hell-are-syntactic-slots\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">What the Hell Are Syn\u00adtac\u00adtic Slots?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/to-all-so-called-authors-stop-doing-this-you-look-like-idiots\/\">To All So-Called Authors: Stop Doing This; You Look Like Idiots<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>The Writing Life \/ Inspiration<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/burning-your-ships\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burn\u00ading Your Ships<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/https-orcutt-net-weblog-farewell-milllbrook-round-table\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Farewell, Mill\u00adbrook Round Table<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/harlan-ellisons-wonderful-rant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Har\u00adlan Ellison\u2019s Won\u00adder\u00adful Rant<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/love-makes-me-write-not-self-discipline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Love Makes Me Write, Not Self-Dis\u00adci\u00adpline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/my-granite-reminder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Gran\u00adite Reminder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/preparing-for-success\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prepar\u00ading for Suc\u00adcess<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/the-dilemma-of-the-21st-century-writer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Dilem\u00adma of the 21st Cen\u00adtu\u00adry Writer<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/the-only-thing-you-can-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Only Thing You Can Con\u00adtrol<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/writing-vs-self-promotion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writ\u00ading vs. Self-Pro\u00admo\u00adtion<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Writing Tools<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/index-cards-are-sexy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Index Cards Are Sexy<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/on-the-virtues-of-typewriters-and-pencils\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">On the Virtues of Type\u00adwrit\u00aders and Pen\u00adcils<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A while back,&nbsp;a vis\u00adi\u00adtor to my web\u00adsite said that it con\u00adtained a lot of use\u00adful infor\u00adma\u00adtion for writ\u00aders. How\u00adev\u00ader, when I looked clos\u00ader at the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":31,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5050","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5050"}],"version-history":[{"count":77,"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9231,"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5050\/revisions\/9231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orcutt.net\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}