Tag: Writing Out Loud

• Write, Rewrite, Then Don’t Rewind : Writing Out Loud #4

  I paid my money didn’t I? I should be able to take my choice then?  No, not when NYC Midnight have their flash fiction competition. One thousand carefully chosen words,  a genre, a scene and an object chosen at random. Forty Eight hours to write it. And on Saturday 15th July, the email arrived. Genre:…

  Andrew Whalan

  July 31, 2017

  Personal

  art, Education, Fiction, short story, working out loud, writing, Writing Out Loud

• Why I Write:Writing Out Loud #3

  If money is the measure of success, as a short story writer and poet, I have little chance. So why do I turn up? Why do I fill notebooks with words? Then copy and rewrite it in Evernote. And then again into Scrivener? I now know I’m borrowing a talent as it were, but that doesn’t…

  Andrew Whalan

  July 19, 2017

  Personal

  art, author, Blog, motivation, Poetry, short story, writing, Writing Out Loud

• I am Andrew and I am an OverResearcher : Writing Out Loud #2

  “You over-research too much,” she said to me. I looked up from my desk, covered in academic papers. Then down at the floor, strewn with textbooks, references and more academic papers. “Do I? I suppose I do.” My wife shook her head at me. My name is Andrew and I am an over researcher. My…

  Andrew Whalan

  July 10, 2017

  Opinions, Personal

  Great Hinckley Fire, Hinckley, History, Minnesota, Research, short story, writing, Writing Out Loud