by EoghanEgan | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
EoghanEgan 1. Patience, passion and persistence are essential if you intend to become a published writer. Perseverance is as important as talent. These ingredients will take you from impossible to inevitable. 2. The literary world’s a small place. The person starting...
by EoghanEgan | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
EoghanEgan The 1st draft is a commitment, a promise to write/type that short story/novel/memoir you’ve been thinking about for years. It’s the first of many steps and by far the most important. Tell your family and friends what you’ve decided. Yes, in six months...
by EoghanEgan | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Uncategorized The more I edit, the more I rewrite I find my novel is growing as I edit. Cutting paragraphs that slow down the story forced me to drill deeper and develop the remaining characters. This reduction is helping me expand and improve the work, without...
by EoghanEgan | Oct 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Month: October 2019 In fact, age is an advantage; it allows the writer to build up a bank of experience. Harriet Doerr published her first novel aged 74, and Laura Ingalls Wilder published Little House on the Prairie in her mid-sixties. 66-year-old Frank McCourt...
