3 lessons from Writing the Weird, by JS Breukelaar on Litreactor
I write weird stuff.
I’ve always been aware of it, even if unconsciously, but little did I know that other people wrote weird staff too, and some of them are really good at it.
When I saw the course “Writing the Weird” taught by the outstanding JS Breukelaar on Litreactor, I didn’t know what to expect, but I had to sign up.
And, oh boy, I was up for a trip.
The 5 stages of Novel Writing
2021 started without a major project. I had time to polish a few short stories and learn more about the craft of writing, yes, but I was yearning for a new novel I could fall in love with.
You could say that, in a sense, I was grieving the absence of a worthwhile big commitment; something that would last for months, or years, and that required tons of research, frustration, euphoria, self-doubt and courage.