I'm not a lawyer, but I play one in my novel COPYRIGHT. I also play a serial rapist, a drug addict, a teenage boy and lesbian model.
I would say about 80% of my writing (including posts and blogs), has to do with unresolved anger and that's just fine with me
I don't need to write a memoir of my life. All you need to do is read one of my books. I'm there.
It's okay to be crazy as long as you keep writing and are happy.
Can I possibly be a good writer if I'm not healed form the story I'm telling? Will I be able to go deep enough if people find out the truth?
All writers are different, each have their own artist way they go about telling a story. The only thing they have in common, is they write.
I'm really just playing when I write. I feel like I'm a kid again. I want my characters to do and say things like when I played with dolls!
Never judge a person until you've walked a mile in their busted up shoes and haven't had any money for medication for two weeks.
It's simply impossible for me to filter my thoughts and feelings. I tell it from my point of view. I'm an open book.
Every artist needs canvass, mine just happens to be Microsoft Word and a Thesaurus.
I had a very funny and depressing talk with my seventy-four-year-old mother. I decided, she doesn't have a bucket list - she has a kick-the-bucket list.
Why do writers write? Why do actors act? Why do painters paint? It doesn't pay much, unless you're very successful. It's who we are.
When you're writing, don't forget to keep your favorite audience in mind--you.
What do you want to write? What gets your goat? What irks you to no length? If you could change the world with words, what would they be?
When you have nothing left to lose, it's easy to dive deep into those deep, dark hidden places and write your truth. I'm there.