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flynn gray fiction and non fiction writer bibliophile horror and dark fantasy aficionado flynn gray fiction and non fiction writer bibliophile horror and dark fantasy aficionado menu skip to content home about search search for 7 rookie writing mistakes and 7 ways to improve via a writer s path february 3 2017 february 3 2017 flynn gray leave a comment some great advice from phoebe quinn via ryanlanz com ryan lanz by phoebe quinn 7 rookie writing mistakes view original post 1 044 more words share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr like loading what i would like to see less of in 2017 december 31 2016 december 31 2016 flynn gray leave a comment as i mentioned earlier this year i have taken some rather prolonged breaks from social media and the internet in general happily giving in to my hermit instincts to retreat into my little cave and turn off the world as much as possible why it s just too noisy so many opinions and messages zooming around in my head until i can hardly tell what i m thinking myself anymore the constant bombardment of everyone shouting over the top of each other determined to make their point of view known and convince everyone to agree with them is overwhelming the negativity division and outright hatred is overwhelming while the internet is a wonderful tool for communication and sharing information it is also increasingly becoming a tool for propagating discontent fear and hate and spreading misinformation although this is hardly a new development so at the end of 2016 here are a few things i d like to see a little less of in the new year as always hatred and discrimination towards others for their religion appearance race sexual orientation etc it ll never happen but i can hope the increasing sense of us vs them the demonisation of the other as a scapegoat for all problems the decreasing empathy for others and the corresponding rise in popularity of more extreme opinions and politicians a lack of open mindedness the supreme confidence that one is right and the derision of all others that disagree as stupid morons the frequently bemoaned despair at the amount of stupid people and the idiot masses unfortunately we are all the masses we are all idiots sometimes and nobody is perfect we are all affected by cognitive biases and we are all subject to manipulation by social forces mass media and our own preconceptions we are all human beings image via http www izquotes com in the end 2016 will not be the year i remember most for the large number of celebrity deaths although we did lose many great icons but the year a large portion of humanity seems to have forgotten how to have a civil educated discussion and look beyond their own point of view the year that so many people got so wrapped up in shouting that they forgot to listen 2016 was the year i finally caved and turned to overly cutesy kitten and puppy videos and spent way too much potentially productive time watching them here s to 2017 may it be a little brighter a little calmer and a little more compassionate and open minded than 2016 wishing you all a wonderful retrospective holiday season and a happy new year flynn p s please forgive the clumsy title it was the best my caffeine deprived brain could manage also the irony of adding yet another opinion to the cacophony is not lost on me share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr like loading how to write more meaningful symbolism a writer s path december 17 2016 december 17 2016 flynn gray leave a comment by millie ho netflix s luke cage was an entertaining series and it also helped me understand how to write better symbolism here s a summary of my talking points avoid using superficial symbolism in school i was taught to reference existing works or mythologies if i was writing symbolism for example a guy who via how to write more meaningful symbolism a writer s path share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr like loading beware the social media snuggie one size does not fit all november 21 2016 november 21 2016 flynn gray leave a comment just as i have been spending a lot of time re thinking my whole social media strategy this post crossed my newsfeed an interesting look at author platforms and how to focus on the best options for your needs flynn kristen lamb s blog so last night i m watching tv and this ad comes on for an item called forever lazy basically its a blanket with a zipper and legs oh and there is a zipper at both ends and i will just stop there basically it s a cousin to the snuggie this got me thinking what if we just gave up wearing clothes and just took to wearing lazy blankets or snuggies i mean my thighs that haven t properly fit in a pair of jeans since fifth grade would no longer be a problem and how much time would we save going to the gym with a lazy blanket no one could see our cellulite or our less than impressive pecs no more sweating at the gym and bring on the cheese fries shaving our legs could be totally optional no more sorting the laundry either our snuggie is already fuzzy so just throw that view original post 2 081 more words share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr like loading the return to blogging september 28 2016 september 28 2016 flynn gray 4 comments hi everyone i m baaaack sort of i ve been around on social media again for a while but have had a complete blank on anything to blog about so as my grand return post here are a bunch of interesting things that other people have said you know how writers are they create themselves as they create their work or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves orson scott card the trouble with writing fiction is that it has to make sense whereas real life doesn t iain m banks a novel rough draft is like bread dough you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise chris baty words are but the vague shadows of the volumes we mean little audible links they are chaining together great inaudible feelings and purposes theodore dreiser everyone is born creative everyone is given a box of crayons in kindergarten then when you hit puberty they take the crayons away and replace them with dry uninspiring books on algebra history etc being suddenly hit years later with the creative bug is just a wee voice telling you i d like my crayons back please hugh macleod share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr like loading internet fatigue and my web holiday august 4 2016 flynn gray leave a comment internet fatigue or perhaps more aptly social media fatigue has been causing an increasing disruption in my life the endless cycle of news opinions scandals advertisements and largely useless information has been clogging up my brain and causing both anxiety and an enduring sense of exhaustion wondering what exactly internet fatigue is check out this great article http au complex com pop culture 2014 03 is internet fatigue ruining your life i should point out here that i still think the internet is a wonderful thing never before have we had access to so much information at our fingertips but it is a dual edged sword and the flip side is information overload and misinformation with a discerning eye research and a little practice weeding out misinformation is not that difficult information overload however is an entirely different problem particularly in a world where we are already being bombarded by information from all angles in everyday life from our tvs radios billboards posters food packaging magazines newspapers and pretty much anywhere we look the minute we set foot outside of our homes information bombards us from all directions add in the internet particularly social media and this information bombardment increases exponentially yes social media can be fun it can be a great way to keep in contact with friends and relatives and to network professionally but it also becomes exhausting it can become a compulsion to check facebook or twitter or your social media of choice every spare second it s the first thing you look at in the morning and the last thing you check at night you scroll through your timeline when you re bored and it all becomes overwhelming which is why in the interests of reclaiming a good portion of my day re prioritising de clogging my brain and reducing my stress levels i will be on hiatus from blogging and social media for the foreseeable future thanks for all of your support and hopefully i will return with a clear head and fresh perspective at some point in the future share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr like loading stress burnout how to get your creative mojo back july 28 2016 july 28 2016 flynn gray leave a comment a very relatable and informative post from kristen lamb about the negative effects of stress on your cognitive and creative abilities kristen lamb s blog image courtesy of eflon via flickr creative commons the past few years have been just brutal my grandmother who raised me was diagnosed with alzheimer s and it was just one crisis after another and it just never freaking let up i felt like i was in brazilian jiu jitsu being crushed all the time but not allowed to tap out then on independence day ironically my grandmother finally passed away i really never appreciated how much her declining health was impacting me until she was gone it was like i was wandering around in a fugue state only aware that my knees hurt then out of nowhere a hand lifted off the 500 pound gorilla and i could breathe again i never noticed the gorilla never noticed the lack of air only the knee pain so now i am in the process of rebuilding i plan on taking a couple days off to view original post 1 778 more words share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr like loading proofreading tips for writers july 24 2016 july 24 2016 flynn gray 6 comments if you have written anything before whether essays reports fiction articles or any other form of writing you will most likely have discovered the difficulties that come with proofreading your own work even if you have an impeccable knowledge of the english language there is one pitfall that is almost impossible to avoid our brain tricks us into seeing what should be there instead of what is there no matter how often we re read our own writing or how much distance time we place between ourselves and our work sneaky simple mistakes will almost always slip through the cracks as an example i wrote a short story where a character threw her bag and keys on the table or that is what it was supposed to say despite multiple readings over a period of two months i never picked up that it actually said threw her back and keys on the table until someone else pointed the mistake out to me these sorts of errors slip easily past spelling and grammar checkers and often only a fresh pair of eyes will find them it is also small errors like this that can drag a reader out of the flow of the story lessen the impact of your writing and affect your professional image if you write for a living there are however a few tips and tricks that can help you pick up on as many of these pesky little mistakes as possible take as much time as possible between writing and proofreading your writing so your work has become less familiar read very slowly or read out loud or both re read the work several times focusing on a particular issue on each pass punctuation grammar spelling etc print out your work to proofread it change the typeface colour size and or background to trick your brain into thinking you re reading something new take breaks be well rested and as alert as possible while all of these techniques can be useful nothing really beats getting another person to proofread your work if at all possible just to be safe helpful links for proofreading your own work get your eagle eye on 10 tips for proofreading your own work by leah mcclellan http writetodone com get your eagle eye on 10 tips for proofreading your own work 21 proofreading and editing tips for writers by melissa donovan http www writingforward com writing tips proofreading and editing tips for writers share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr like loading are you botching your dialogue july 10 2016 july 10 2016 flynn gray leave a comment a great post on writing dialogue from kristen lamb kristen lamb s blog today we are going to talk about dialogue everyone thinks they are great at it and many would be wrong dialogue really is a lot tricker than it might seem great dialogue is one of the most vital components of fiction dialogue is responsible for not only conveying the plot but it also helps us understand the characters and get to know them love them hate them whatever dialogue is powerful for revealing character this is as true in life as it is on the page if people didn t judge us based on how we speak then business professionals wouldn t bother with toastmasters speaking coaches or vocabulary builders i d imagine few people who d hire a brain surgeon who spoke like a rap musician and conversely it would be tough to enjoy rap music made by an artist who spoke like the curator of an art museum our word choices are view original post 1 815 more words share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr like loading i have not disappeared off the face of the earth july 4 2016 flynn gray 2 comments i am still here though blog and social media updates may still be a little slow for a while in the mean time keep writing keep reading and keep dreaming everyone flynn share this tweet email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on tumblr like loading posts navigation older posts blog at wordpress com flynn gray blog at wordpress com subscribe 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