#PenPower Myth Debunk #8: Writing is Just So Scary & Difficult
This week’s post is a bit later than usual. Apologies! I’ve had to hand in several assignments and hit plenty of deadlines this week and…
Author: Jasmin Gelinck
Jasmin Gelinck is the author of two novels and several short stories in sci-fi and fantasy. Jasmin was born in Austria, but currently lives in the Netherlands, where she works, writes, plays video games, and needs ten more hours a day to read books. For more of Jasmin's writing and dashing personality, go to JasminGelinck.com or add her on twitter, @jasmingelinck, where she sometimes posts about new projects of time travel, aliens, and fantastical events happening to (almost) regular people.
#PenPower Myth Debunk #7: The Editing Process is Difficult!
We’ve already looked at our superheroes’ writing process in much detail. Writing can be difficult. It can be easy. At times it feels horrible and…
#PenPower Myth Debunk #6: Editing is Scarier Than the Writing!
All writers know that writing and editing go hand in hand. Yet whenever someone does an interview with a writer, the editing part is mostly…
#PenPower Myth Debunk #5: Writer’s Must Know It All Before Starting
This week’s post deals with how much we must know at the beginning in order to know a good story. This goes a little bit…
#PenPower Myth Debunk #4: Writers MUST Always Outline
For this week’s post I have to state a disclaimer first: Outlining is great. It’s useful. This post isn’t designed to prove outlining is not…
#PenPower Myth Debunk #3: Rules & Fear (Beat the Writerly Worries)
In our last post we looked at how fast our favourite writing superheroes actually work. Do they get their work done in a few days?…
#PenPower Myth Debunk #2: A Writer Has to be FAST!
Are you a rabbit or a snail? I used to be a rabbit. I wrote quickly and I didn’t think of what I was…
#PenPower Myth Debunk #1: Write Every Day
We’ve all heard it before: Write Every Day. Is it required to write every day? Is it useful? I have agonized about this question…
#PenPower 1.2: Introducing the Villain!
In my last #PenPower post we got to meet the heroes who will be going up against the darkest force in the universe (writerly blockages).…
Superheroes Help Debunk Myths of Writer’s Block & Writerly Fears
Hi writers and readers! In a recent post on my blog, I discussed what my PenPower Project is about. In short, it’s a series of…