Normally, I wouldn't promote my own maxims, because, to be honest, I kind of suck at giving advice.
But, in this instance, I am making an exception because I posted it a couple of times on the OYAN writing forum and several people said that they either really liked it or that they needed it that day.
"Don't be afraid to cry because it hurts, because you're in pain. Let it out. Let all of it out. Then pick yourself back up the next day and take another step forward. "
It's nothing huge, but I think it's important for people to know that it is okay to cry every once in a while. Crying is a way to release pent-up emotion and letting all that crud that's built up out will help to clear your head, allowing for a better mindset and focus.
At any rate, I hope you found this somewhat paltry, perhaps encouraging scrawl of mine to be interesting.
Thank you much for your time and feel free to leave your thoughts!
Ad astra per aspera.
To the stars, through difficulties.
You and Penny talk a lot about OYAN. I've been considering doing it, and I was wondering, how would you say OYAN influenced your writing?
ReplyDeleteHow OYAN influenced my writing... *ponders* I think OYAN really taught me the importance of having a strong moral to my stories, how to make the story goal one the reader wants to root for, how to structure my stories overall. As in, the three cycles, the black moment, the inciting incident, and so on and so forth.
DeleteIt's actually been a bit since I've used the curriculum, as I am not actively writing a full length novel, and Penny would probably have a far more sufficient answer for you, but, for me, OYAN built the way I write today. My first attempt at a novel (which is thankfully lost, I believe) was quite aimless and rambly, and while the quality of the writing in my OYAN-guided novel leaves much to be desired, the overall story was much of an improvement over my first attempt.
Hopefully I made sense there. >.< Please feel free to ask for clarification. ^.^