{"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":"

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A while back,\u00a0a visitor to my website said that it contained a lot of useful information for writers. However, when I looked closer at the site myself, I discovered that many of the best pieces were\u00a0buried under years<\/em> of blog entries, making them difficult to find.<\/p>\n

So, I decided to create one page with links to the best of these buried entries. I hope these pieces prove helpful in your own writing and writing life.<\/p>\n

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Craft \/ Technique \/ Rewriting<\/h1>\n

Cutting<\/a><\/p>\n

My Writing Secret Weapon<\/a><\/p>\n

Polishing<\/a><\/p>\n

Shut Up, Hemingway<\/a><\/p>\n

The Creative Tension Imperative<\/a><\/p>\n

The Masters of Narrative Drive<\/a><\/p>\n

Two Ideas to Get You Through (The 1st Draft)<\/a><\/p>\n

To All So-Called Authors: Stop Doing This; You Look Like Idiots<\/a><\/p>\n

My Prodigiously Convoluted Yet Miraculously Productive Low-Tech Writing Process \u2014 Part 1<\/a><\/p>\n

My Prodigiously Convoluted Yet Miraculously Productive Low-Tech Writing Process \u2014 Part 2 \u2014 With a Few Modest Writing Secrets<\/a><\/p>\n

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Epublishing \/ Ebooks \/ Kindle<\/h1>\n

A Shattered Paradigm<\/a><\/p>\n

Publishing Your Ebook: Don\u2019t Go It Alone<\/a><\/p>\n

What I Learned While Publishing the Dakota Stevens Series on Kindle<\/a><\/p>\n

Why I’m Publishing My P.I. Series on Kindle<\/a><\/p>\n

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Grammar \/ Syntax \/ Punctuation<\/h1>\n

What the Hell Are Syntactic Slots?<\/a><\/p>\n

To All So-Called Authors: Stop Doing This; You Look Like Idiots<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Writing Life \/ Inspiration<\/h1>\n

Burning Your Ships<\/a><\/p>\n

Farewell, Millbrook Round Table<\/a><\/p>\n

Harlan Ellison’s Wonderful Rant<\/a><\/p>\n

Love Makes Me Write, Not Self-Discipline<\/a><\/p>\n

My Granite Reminder<\/a><\/p>\n

Preparing for Success<\/a><\/p>\n

The Dilemma of the 21st Century Writer<\/a><\/p>\n

The Only Thing You Can Control<\/a><\/p>\n

Writing vs. Self-Promotion<\/a><\/p>\n

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Writing Tools<\/h1>\n

Index Cards Are Sexy<\/a><\/p>\n

On the Virtues of Typewriters and Pencils<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A while back,\u00a0a visitor to my website said that it contained a lot of useful information for writers. However, when I looked closer at the site myself, I discovered that many of the best pieces were\u00a0buried under years of blog entries, making them difficult to find. So, I decided to create one page with links … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":31,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5050","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_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}]}}