I'll write about myself today, and my writing process. With time, I hope to steer material like this into sort of a writing diary – it's a possible idea for future paid content on my newly started Patreon page – but for the very reasons I will describe, saving ideas for later isn't always the … Continue reading Wherein my voice-over voice-overs itself
Category: Second Thoughts
13th Feb 2023 Spontaneous writing
The view from where this was written. You can see a sliver of sunlight on top of the building on the left. I pull out my phone to write what could be an entry in a writing diary, if I had one … something I have considered, if I could learn how to compose non-fictional … Continue reading 13th Feb 2023 Spontaneous writing
Commitments, fewer apologies
My writing self moves forward, slowly. I'm still not clear about where. I mean, no one are. But some have more of a target in mind. I suspect. Others have learned that for them, too distant targets are how people get lost. I'm one of those. So, end-of-year/beginning-of-year events are good places to stop and … Continue reading Commitments, fewer apologies
My life as narrative
It's me again! Which means my own voice, the voice of martinbg, etc. As many of my fiction entries are also in first person, with characters let's say strongly inspired by myself, I thought I should be clear on the distinction. It will be important later (maybe). What am I doing here? Which means, my … Continue reading My life as narrative
An apology for my impostor syndrome
"I know. I'm throwing apologies around, again. Makes it a little awkward, doesn't it? Undressing my fears like that. And I can't get rid of it. I'm trying. For the third time, I try to say to myself: MARTINBG: You're going into too much detail again!"
The perils of commitment
Or could it be the other way around? Rather than writing so I can figure out what this place is going to be, maybe this place is to figure out what my writing is going to be? For a while ahead at least. I have been interested in writing for the past 30 years and … Continue reading The perils of commitment
Apologies, commitments
I'm not even through my first sentence, and I'm already breaking my own rules. 1) Don't start with the pronoun I, and for an extra challenge, try to write the entire first paragraph without it. This doesn't have to be a universal rule, but I try to apply it to myself, because that pronoun pulls … Continue reading Apologies, commitments