by Deb Quinn | Nov 30, 2013 | NaBloPoMo, NaBloPoMo 2013, YeahWrite
Day 30 NaBloPoMo at yeah write guest blogger: yeah write guest editor Deb Quinn If you’ve been NaBloPoMo-ing all month, then nothing matters other than that November is over. You did it. Who cares about Thanksgiving, who cares about football games, parades,...
by Deb Quinn | Nov 21, 2013 | NaBloPoMo, NaBloPoMo 2013, YeahWrite
Day 21 NaBloPoMo at yeah write guest blogger: yeah write guest editor Deb Quinn Most of the history I know, I learned from novels. Occasionally this fact has gotten me into trouble at cocktail parties and whatnot, when I blather on about such-and-such thing happening...
by Deb Quinn | Nov 10, 2013 | badges, NaBloPoMo, NaBloPoMo 2013, YeahWrite
Day 10 NaBloPoMo at yeah write guest blogger: Deb Quinn Ten or so years ago, I wrote a screenplay. I had an idea, I had a sabbatical from teaching, I had a babysitter for my then only child. Every day, four or so hours a day, I worked on that damn movie idea. There...
by Deb Quinn | Sep 24, 2013 | Challenge, Open, YeahWrite
Blogger’s block and what to do about it from Deb Quinn I’m stuck. My last post on my own blog was weeks ago, and even then the post was only a picture. True, it’s a pretty awesome picture of ostriches, but still: very few words were involved....
by Deb Quinn | Sep 17, 2013 | Challenge, Open, YeahWrite
What do writers do when their magic idea fairy disappears? Wouldn’t it be great if there were an idea fairy? She would just waft in and whack you on the head with her sparkly wand, and wham, you’d get the idea you need—whether you’re starting a piece of writing,...
by Deb Quinn | Jul 1, 2013 | 31dbbb, summer series 2013, YeahWrite
Writing a compelling elevator pitch is like making small talk at a cocktail party: is your audience captivated by your story or is it eyeing the fire escape, hoping for a quick death? When I was working on my dissertation, a professor asked me for the “cocktail...
