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[chaoschaoswriting]

6 Steps to Write Better S*x

Writing erotica isn't for the faint of heart - whatever anyone tells you, there is a certain 'cringe' factor to writing a sex scene that doesn't really exist in any other part of fiction writing. Even those who are fairly experienced in real life can find themselves floundering when they first try to write a realistic and compelling sex scene. Why? Well, probably because it feels a little personal.

So, in many ways it's all about practice - actually writing or reading sex scenes will provide a sharp learning curve. However, there are a few changes that you can implement to elevate (almost) any sex scene immediately, and if you're already up to speed I have 6 more tips for writing great sex scenes. Read More

#writing #writing tips #writing advice #writing resources #writing smut #writing fanfiction #writing lemons #characterization #creative writing #writing technique

[karmaalwayswins]

Schnee "When a Deep Character Pretends to be Shallow - Hobie Brown" (2023)

#hobie brown #spider man: across the spider verse #spider punk #miles morales #spider woman #gwen stacy #spider man #schnee #character analysis #writing technique #video #screenwriting #2023 #Youtube

[hermitthrush]

... the poet's perspective: "what matters is not the human pain or joy at all but, rather, the play of shadow and light on a live body, the harmony of trifles assembled on this particular day, at this particular moment, in a unique and imitable way." Whilst this stand distinctly echoes Bergson's privileging of an artistic vision, whereby 'man glimpses reality through the film of familiarity and conventionality that obscures it', it also deploys the Russian Formalist process of ostranenie, or 'making strange', whereby art serves to reveal the aesthetic and hyper-real qualities of ordinary objects by disrupting habitual modes of visualization and confounding perceptual expectations. Nabokov's emphasis on 'making strange' is also suggestive of the presence of 'other' worlds, or an 'anterior reality', reminiscent of the Russian Symbolist impulse, which sought to reveal a transcendent essence that lay beyond 'the concrete presence of an object'.

Barbara Wyllie, Vladimir Nabokov (2010) | Chapter 1. Hyper-reality underlying/behind/beyond/alongside the mundane. The eternal and transcendent in the aesthetic. On "other worlds", they go on to highlight Nabokov's use of reflections in water and glass. Fits well with my concurrent reading of Walker Percy's The Moviegoer: Binx being abstracted from doing research by motes in sunlight.

#vladimir nabokov #literary analysis #writing #writing technique #symbolism #reality #archreality #the moviegoer #walker percy

[razieltwelve]

Body Language and Gestures For Non-Humanoid Characters

Body language and gestures can play an important role in characterisation. We can see this via some of the characters from The Unconventional Heroes Series.

Gerald, for example, is often depicted as nervous, anxious, and fearful. This isn’t done solely through words but also through his body language and gestures. Conversely, Avraniel’s body language and gestures suggest a character who is confident to the point of being brash, a person who prefers actions over words and who will gladly wade knee-deep through the blood of her enemies.

But not all characters are the same. In particular, although many characters are humanoid (e.g., humans, dwarves, and elves) not all characters share the basic body structure of two arms, two legs, one head, and so on. What about those characters, how should you handle their body language and gestures?

The most important thing is to acknowledge that they are not humanoid. As a result, not all of their body language and gestures will be the same. They may be unable to act in certain ways that a humanoid character might while being able to act in ways that a humanoid character cannot. Their physiology may also be bound to certain psychological traits that you need to consider as well.

We’ll use Spot, who is a dragon, as an example.

A dragon has six limbs, consisting of two arms, two legs, and two wings. A dragon also has a tail and tends to walk on all fours although walking on their legs is possible. In Spot’s case, his arms (which tend to operate more as legs) end in claws that grow more and more dextrous over time until they can eventually be used like hands. All of his limbs end in wickedly sharp claws, and his teeth are far larger and sharper than any humanoid character’s teeth.

Due to the shape of his body, Spot cannot use the same sort of body language and gestures as other characters like Timmy or Gerald. Instead, for Spot to feel like a real character, he needs to use body language and gestures that take advantage of his physiology. What sort of body language and gestures might these include? Here are a few of them:

As a dragon, Spot will often draw himself up into a threat display. This involves rearing up and flaring his wings to make himself seem as large as possible. It may also involve baring his teeth and allowing flame to kindle in his jaws. The human equivalent might be to stand straight and loom over someone, but that just wouldn’t feel right for a dragon to do when a dragon can do so much more.

Spot will often use his head to nudge, poke, and otherwise interact with people and objects. This is due to his lack of dexterity with his claws. Since he is a dragon, his head is heavily armoured to the point it can be used as a battering ram. As a result, it’s perfectly acceptable for him to use it in a way a human never would. When he’s curious, he might gently nudge Katie with his head to get her to explain something. But when he’s mad, he can easily send a bandit flying by ramming them with his head.

Spot has been seen wagging his tail in a manner similar to a dog when he is happy. This is not something all dragons do. Instead, it is a result of Spot having a tail and growing up around a dog (Chomp). Due to the current stubbiness of his tail, he also can’t use it in the more intricate fashion of an adult dragon.

Rather than walk, Spot is often described as loping, stalking, or otherwise moving in a more predatory fashion, even when he isn’t actually threatening anyone. As a dragon, that’s just how Spot moves. It is instinctive, and it is a reminder to everyone else of what he is.

Although Spot uses telepathy to communicate speech, he also relies on a range of other sounds to communicate. He will trill, croon, rumble, and so on – sounds that humans cannot easily make. He makes these sounds because he isn’t human. They are the sounds a dragon would make, and him not making them would be strange.

As you can see, Spot’s body language and gestures belong to a dragon because he is a dragon. It would be extremely unusual for him to have exactly the same body language and gestures as the humanoid characters. Indeed, a running gag is for him to adjust his movements to avoid accidentally damaging things in places designed with humanoids in mind (e.g., it’s easy for him to accidentally knock things over if he isn’t careful about his wings).

Of course, Spot isn’t the only non-humanoid character around. Sam is a protoplasmic horror from another dimension who has near-limitless control over his own biology. He most commonly appears as a floating sphere of eyes, tentacles, and teeth. Apart from using a form of eldritch telepathy to communicate with Timmy (who is one of the few people who can withstand it), he relies on shape changes, colour changes, and tentacle movements to convey his thoughts and feelings. This is an even more extreme case than Spot since Sam’s physiology can change dramatically in a way that Spot’s can’t. However, the important thing is that his very much non-humanoid shape is accompanied by body language and gestures that suit it. This makes him more believable as a character and makes it easier for readers to picture him in their minds.

Body language and gestures are important parts of characterisation. However, for non-humanoid characters, you should always remember that their body language and gestures may not be the same as for humanoid characters. Taking these differences into accounts can help make them more memorable and unique.

If you’re interested in my thoughts on writing and other topics, you can find those here.

I also write original fiction, which you can find on Amazon here or on Audible here. I’ve also just released a new story, Attempted Rescuing!

#writing technique #writing #writing advice #writing tips #improving your writing #body language and gestures #characterisation

[thestupidhelmet]

Stopped in today and saw you had an ask game going, had to drop you a few 💛

10, 42, 54

Thank you, Prissy! 🥰

10. At what point in the process do you come up with titles, and how easy or hard is that for you?

Story titles can be as early as when I've hammered out the basics of the story in my mind (or in the case of my One Difference fics, once I know the one difference -- and its consequences -- I'll be exploring) or as late as somewhere halfway through the first draft.

Not always easy, but in comparison ...

Chapter titles are a pain in the butt. Like pulling mental teeth too often. I often try to come up with a theme for the titles to make it easier for me.

Easiest chapter-titling experience I had was Jackie Stargazer. I chose song titles original to the story and in the story (i.e. songs written by me), and each fit the essence of the chapter -- and added some subtext since the lyrics of the song often applied to the chapter.

42. Describe the aesthetic of a story in five words.

For Those Who Play with Demons:

Supernatural

Mysterious

Scary

Funny

Love

54. What’s a common writing tip that you almost always follow?

Hah. *rumages in giant bag of writing techniques and yanks out one*

No filtering. Meaning, whatever the POV character experiences in their five senses isn't filtered through phrases like could see, could hear, could smell, could taste, could feel.

If a character sees outside the window a dog jumping in autumn leaves, for example, I don't write: Eric could see through the window a dog jump into a pile of autumn leaves.

I write: Eric looked through the window. Outside, a dog dived into the autumn leaves Eric had recently raked into a pile. The combination of rustling and barking signaled his fate: a lecture from Red and two hours more of tiring, back-aching work.

Because we're in Eric's mind, we see and hear what he does. The writer doesn't need to state that Eric is seeing the dog or hearing it bark and the leaves rustle. Describing what he sees and hears without using filtering phrases makes the narrative far more immediate.

(It's crazy to me how much modern fiction is published where the editor has allowed filtering phrases all through the book. Editors used to catch those and tell the writer to revise. 🤷)

Fanfic Ask Game

#that 70s show #that '70s show #jackie x hyde #eric x donna #red x kitty #ask #Ask Game #writing technique

[stevensavage]

It's out!

While I wait for Print Proofs, here's great news!

My latest book on writing, Think Agile, Write Better, is OUT in ebook form!

Find out how #Agile helps you be a #writer by thinking about your work differently. A change of mindset means better writing - and less stressful writing.

#writing #agile #writing technique #agile writing #writer

[cindycintn]

What Knitting Taught Me About Writing

Writing, knitting, and What They Have in Common. #writing #knitting

When I tell people I write about knitting, they tend to giggle or smirk. Yes, I’m a writer, and I’m a knitter. For me, knitting and writing involve similar processes. Both take a long time and can’t be rushed. Both can produce something intricate or something simple. Most importantly, both are crafts. You practice, you continually get better. You learn new skills and develop your own personal…

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#knitting #knitting craft #Prayer Shawl Chronicles #self publishing #writing #writing process #writing technique

[thebinderpro]

Dialogue Workshop (by Holly Lisle)

I got a question in my e-mail not too long ago on how to do dialogue. As far as I’ve ever been able to tell, writing good dialogue comes from being able to hear voices in your head that aren’t there—which in times past has been enough to get you burned at the stake or drowned at a dunking post, and which currently, if you admit to it in the wrong company, can get you a quiet room with rubber walls and all the free Thorazine you can swallow.

Never let it be said that writing well is not without its risks.

That said, I need to tell you that dialogue in a story is NOT about two people talking to each other. That’s what it is, but it isn’t what it’s about.

CLICK THE LINK TO GO TO HER BLOG AND READ THE WHOLE THING

#dialogue #workshop #writing technique #link share #holy lisle

[khiatons]

Learning to Use Outlines

I now use #outlines as part of my #writingprocess. Though it doesn't always end up in the final product. #authortok #booktopfyp

I now use outlines as part of my writing process. Though it doesn’t always end up in the final product.

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[jdfitzroy]

Found Material

Need creative inspiration? Try some a found material project.

By JD FitzRoy Writing is a lengthy, time-consuming craft of patience, focus, and resilience. Balancing narrative sculpting with every-day distractions is tricky. Inspirations, note taking, organising research, and the not-so-simple act of weaving all these into something that flows, will always be hard but fun. Much like playwright Colin Teevan, whose historical dramas required research kept in…

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#art #art techinque #change #Colin Teevan #creative writing #experiment #Found Material #inspiration #inspire #layered art #metatextual #modify #modify art #modifying art #playful art #research #suversive #writing #writing technique

[allnovellas]

Writing a Strong Climax for Your Story: Your Guide to the Narrative Peak

What makes your heart race when you’re engrossed in a good book? What element of the story makes you hold your breath in anticipation? The answer lies in the climax, the crescendo of the story where all the tensions and conflicts come to a head. But how can you, as a storyteller, craft a climax that not only escalates the stakes but also delivers a satisfying resolution? This question forms the…

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#Character development #Climax Writing #Conflict Resolution #Creative writing #Narrative Tension #Plot Structure #Story Arc #Story Resolution #Storytelling Skills #Writing Technique

[chaoschaoswriting]

Momentum, Not Motivation

How Building up Steam Can Overcome Executive Dysfunction

"Motivation"

"Drive"

"Ambition"

These are the driving factors of the world, or so magazines and self-help books would have you believe... so, what if you're someone who struggles to find motivation and drive, or you find that your main ambition is simply to make it through the day? What room is there in the cut-throat world for those with mental, emotional, or physical issues that make finding motivation a stressful and often unfruitful venture?

I used to think that there was no place, no successful place, for people like me, but the truth is that the world does not need only one kind of person. Nor just one kind of success. Motivation works for some people, but if you're anything like me, that motivation hits in the early hours and flees when the sun rises.

Momentum is where it's at, in my humble opinion, and it's why I've been able to self-publish three adult romance stories, keep my business afloat, and take a digital marketing course in the last few years. Read More

Writing Specific Resources:

Creative Writing: How to Begin

How to Re-Enter the Craft (aka writing after a long break)

The Business of Writing

Perspective in Writing

First Person POV

Second Person POV

Third Person POV

6 Steps to Write Better Sex

6 More Steps to Write Better Sex

5 Mistakes to Avoid When Writing Romance

Flirting: a Writer's Guide

7 Quick and Dirty Tips for Writing Romance

Why Every Writer Should Watch the Simpsons

Story Prompts to Beat the Block

15 Unusual Words to Add to Your Vocabulary

How to Create Horror

#writing #writing advice #writing resources #writing resource list #writing technique #Writing romance #writing horror #writing smut #writing fanfic

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Turtle Takedown Teamwork.

[First] Prev <–-> Next

#poorly drawn mdzs #mdzs #wei wuxian #lan wangji #tulu xuanwu #Something about changing the action sequence to something gentle is hilarious to me. #The lesson here is “Be nice to turtles. They are gentle creatures. And many are very endangered.” #don't get me wrong here; I love this scene a lot. LWJ's string technique is one of my favoyrite things. #We do get a fair amount of LWJ fighting but I always loved how the theme of strings comes into play. #There is actually a lot to unpack with LWJ being associate with 'strings'. #The musicianship: Of dedication and rigor in one's practice. #The tension between following along a path or composing your own way forwards (playing what has been written vs composing) #A string is a tightly coiled/taunt entity; The same tension that makes it sing so beautifully can be it's downfall if pushed too hard. #And as a non-musical string - something that binds. Be it to his sect and family or how he binds his fate to WWX - #LWJ cannot exist without his binds. It is not something which ties him down though. It keeps him together. #And he himself *is* a bind. He 'ties wwx down' in ways that are initially negatively viewed ('come to gusu' - feels like: come be trapped) #But later it is shown how (despite being introduced as a free spirit) WWX truly wants to be bound to something and someone. #Marriage is a bind he wants. He wants to be tied and grounded by LWJ. #It's starting to sound like innuendo. Let's call his fondness for being literally tied up smart thematic writing. #Finally. Sex scenes that are important to the plot and characters

[hayatheauthor]

Writing Rage: How To Make Your Characters Seem Angry

Anger is a powerful emotion that can add depth and intensity to your character's personality. If you're facing issues realistically expressing your characters' rage, here are some quick tips to help you get the ball rolling. Whether your character is seething with quiet rage or exploding in a fit of fury, these tips will help you convey their emotions vividly to your readers.

This is blog one in my writing different emotions series. Go check it out to explore more emotions!

Facial Expressions

Furrowed Brows: Describe the deep lines between their eyebrows, signaling frustration or intensity.

Tightened Jaw: Mention their clenched jaw, indicating suppressed anger or tension.

Narrowed Eyes: Highlight how their eyes narrow, showing suspicion, irritation, or anger.

Raised Upper Lip: Note the slight curl of the lip, suggesting disdain or contempt.

Flared Nostrils: Describe how their nostrils flare, indicating heightened emotions like anger or aggression.

Body Language and Gestures

Crossed Arms: Show their defensive stance, portraying resistance or defiance.

Pointing Finger: Describe them pointing accusatively, conveying aggression or assertion.

Fist Clenching: Mention their clenched fists, symbolizing anger or readiness for confrontation.

Hand Gestures: Detail specific hand movements like chopping motions, indicating frustration or emphasis.

Aggressive Posturing: Describe them leaning forward, invading personal space to intimidate or assert dominance.

Posture

Tense Shoulders: Highlight their raised or tense shoulders, indicating stress or readiness for conflict.

Upright Stance: Describe their rigid posture, showing control or a desire to appear strong.

Stiff Movements: Mention their jerky or abrupt movements, reflecting agitation or impatience.

Eye Contact

Intense Stares: Describe their intense or prolonged gaze, signaling confrontation or challenge.

Avoiding Eye Contact: Note how they avoid eye contact, suggesting discomfort or a desire to disengage.

Glaring: Mention how they glare at others, conveying hostility or disapproval.

Dialogue

Raised or strained tone with variations in pitch reflects heightened emotions.

Short, clipped sentences or abrupt pauses convey controlled anger.

Use of profanity or harsh language intensifies verbal expressions of anger.

Volume increase, from whispers to shouts, mirrors escalating anger levels.

Monotonous or sarcastic tone adds layers to angry dialogue.

Interruptions or talking over others signify impatience and frustration.

Aggressive verbal cues like "I can't believe..." or "How dare you..." express anger explicitly.

Reactions

Physical Reactions: Detail physical responses like increased heart rate, sweating, or trembling, showing emotional arousal.

Defensive Maneuvers: Describe how they react defensively if someone tries to touch or talk to them, such as stepping back or raising a hand to ward off contact.

Object Interaction

Aggressive Handling: Show them slamming objects, throwing things, or gripping items tightly, reflecting anger or aggression.

Use of Props: Mention how they use objects to emphasize their emotions, like slamming a door or clenching a pen.

Descriptive Words:

Verbs:

Roared with fury, expressing unbridled anger.

Snapped in frustration, indicating sudden irritation.

Shouted angrily, releasing pent-up emotions.

Glared fiercely, showing intense displeasure.

Slammed objects in rage, symbolizing anger's physical manifestation.

Grunted in annoyance, displaying impatience.

Raged vehemently, portraying uncontrolled anger.

Adjectives:

Furious and incensed, conveying intense anger.

Seething with rage, bubbling beneath the surface.

Livid and fuming, exhibiting visible anger.

Agitated and irritated, showing growing impatience.

Enraged and wrathful, expressing extreme anger.

Vexed and irate, indicating annoyance.

Infuriated and incandescent, highlighting explosive anger.

Looking For More Writing Tips And Tricks? 

Are you an author looking for writing tips and tricks to better your manuscript? Or do you want to learn about how to get a literary agent, get published and properly market your book? Consider checking out the rest of Haya’s book blog where I post writing and publishing tips for authors every Monday and Thursday! And don’t forget to head over to my TikTok and Instagram profiles @hayatheauthor to learn more about my WIP and writing journey! 

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[razieltwelve]

Individualise Emotions

Showing the emotions of your characters is one of the most important things you can do to engage with your readers. Emotionless robots may well be interesting when they’re being sent after the protagonists, but reading an entire book about people without emotions can get tiring pretty quickly. However, a common mistake that writers make, especially newer writers, is forgetting to individualise the way characters show emotion.

What do I mean by individualise?

Simply put, not everyone shows emotion in exactly the same way. To be sure, there are often commonalities in how people express emotion. For example, most people smile when they are happy, but there can be big differences in how frequently and openly people smile, as well as how their smiles look. In fact, the same character can also express their emotions very differently at different times.

These differences can stem from a variety of causes:

Circumstances

History

Personality

Idiosyncrasies

The circumstances a character is in can deeply affect how they express emotion. A character on their own may be more likely to express their grief by crying than a character who is around others. Conversely, a character may smile even when they’re not happy if they’re around others to try to make them feel better whereas they wouldn’t make the effort if they are alone.

A character who has been raised in a culture where showing emotion is not permitted will not emote as frequently or as strongly as a character who has been raised in a culture where people are taught to show their emotions openly. This can make any emotions they do show extremely important since it means they’ve slipped out of their control. It also means that you can describe their emotion in smaller ways. Instead, of grinning or smirking, they might give a small twitch of their lips. Instead of beaming with approval when someone gets something right, they might give a small nod.

People can have different personalities, and this can lead to differences in how they show emotion. Someone who is very outgoing may wear their emotions on their sleeve – or at least appear to. Someone who is very introverted may only show their emotions openly in private or around people they know very well. There are also people whose personalities might predispose them toward showing their emotions through actions rather than emotional displays. For example, a stoic soldier might not shout his loyalty to a cause, but he may be more than willing to die for it without complaint or hesitation.

There are also often many idiosyncrasies in how people display emotion. If you’ve ever seen someone smile and thought ‘their smile looks just like this other person’s’, then you know what I’m talking about. Smiles do have things in common with each other, but each person’s smile has its own unique features as well. Describing these can really add more depth to a character and help the reader feel like they know them. The same goes with other emotions like grief, anger, and so on.

Now that we know a bit more about individualising emotions, let’s talk through an example.

Let’s take Katie, Spot, Timmy, and Old Man from The Unconventional Heroes Series.

The scenario is pretty simple. They help save a village, and the villagers give them a puppy to show their gratitude. How do they react?

Katie is still a girl, but she has quite a lot of life experience under her belt. She’s also a bit more reserved around strangers. She would accept the puppy with great dignity before waiting until she’s alone with the others to shower it with affection. She would try to act like it’s not that big a deal but would be unable to completely conceal how pleased she is with the gift.

Spot is a very young dragon. He shows his emotions openly and fiercely because that is how he feels a dragon should be, and it is how his mother has encouraged him to act. He would be absolutely delighted to receive a puppy and would make sure that everybody knows it immediately. Instead of just smiling, though, he would also make it clear that anyone who tries to hurt the puppy is getting set on fire and eaten because that’s a big part of how dragons show affection for other people (threaten to murder their enemies).

Timmy is a man in his prime who has seen the very best and very worst of what life has to offer. He would thank the villagers graciously, especially since he would notice that the reason the villagers are giving him a puppy is because they’re so poor that they don’t have anything else they can give (a fact that both Katie and Spot missed due to their enthusiasm at receiving the puppy). He accepts the puppy not because he needs it, but because not accepting it would shame the villagers. He would then immediately give the puppy to Katie and Spot, knowing they would derive more enjoyment from caring for it than he would. His happiness is most obvious when observing the two children playing with the puppy because it reminds him of the childhood he never had but which he is trying to give them.

Old Man is a man well past his prime, who like Timmy has seen the best and worst of life. Like Timmy he is deeply touched by the gesture because he sees how little the villagers have. He too would immediately give the puppy to Katie and Spot. Unlike Timmy, however, Old Man has a whole lifetime of memories to draw upon. He would sit down with Katie and Spot and tell them stories about dogs he has had or met and how best to care for their new canine. It would be during these stories that he shows the most emotion with small, gentle smiles intermixed with moments of melancholy. If asked, however, Old Man will put a smile on his face and assure the two children that he’s fine and that he’s just remembering some ‘old times’, without specifying what those are. It won’t be until he’s alone that he’ll dwell on some of the sadder memories he has about dogs while hoping Katie and Spot can avoid any of those.

As you can see, how these four characters respond and how they display emotion to the same event varies dramatically. Showing these variations adds depth to your characters and truly allows them to stand out from one another.

If you’re interested in my thoughts on writing and other topics, you can find those here.

I also write original fiction, which you can find on Amazon here or on Audible here. I’ve also just released a new story, Cosmic Delivery Boy!

Also, Cosmic Delivery Boy is now available on Audible! You can get it here.

#writing #writing technique #improving your writing #writing advice #writing tips #emotions #writing emotions

[remembertheplunge]

My name is Lew Wentz.

I am a 68 year old gay criminal defense lawyer. I have been keeping journals for 46 years. I am writing a book based on the journals.

I came out as a gay man in 1984. I was married to a woman then. I left the marriage after telling her I was gay.

My younger sister, Zoe, who I was very close to, died rather suddenly of pancreatic cancer earlier this year. She gave me permission to blog the last two weeks of her life. Those blogs run from May 1 to May 14, 2023.

I journaled my journey through the turbulent 1980's and 1990's. During that time, I was pretty vocal about being gay. I volunteered to help people with aids through their illness and death. And, I believe because of this, I was fired from my job as a deputy Public Defender in Modesto California. I also documented the 12 year relationship I had with my partner, Jim, who died in 2009.

I wrote pretty much daily about these events and many others. I never intended for the entries to be made public. But, I now think they should be, as they weave what I believe to be our common story of what it's been like to be out, human and gay in the past four decades.

And, as I journaled, I developed ideas and ways to journal and wrote about them in the journals. I discuss the impact journaling has had on me. And, the amazing revelation reviewing journal entries for the blog and book of just how incredible our lives have been. Memory fades. The journal details do not.

My hope is that , after reading the blogs, and maybe some day the book, you too will become addicted to journaling. Your life on paper will amaze you down the line.

My blog turned one year old on February 5, 2024.

#journaling #gay man #criminal defense attorney #gay history #journaling techniques #Remember the Plunge Blog turned 0ne Year old February 5 #writing #radical gay elder #aids #volunteer support for people with aids through illness and death in the 80's and 90's. #gym and diet enthusiast #being fired from a job I believe because I was out #gay and vocal #Being disinherited for the same reason. #death of a sister #working through grief and mourning