https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher en-us N/A nina@ninadavies.com Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:31:33 CST 20 https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/157/1/The-Coffee-Shop-Writer-Or-Brewing-Up-Inspiration/Page1.html no@spam.com (Nancy Warren) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/157/1/The-Coffee-Shop-Writer-Or-Brewing-Up-Inspiration/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/156/1/Youll-Never-Get-A-Job-As-A-Writer/Page1.html Have you ever noticed how a theme will suddenly develop around you? Serendipitous events occur, snatches of speech overheard begin to form a pattern, and you think, I need to pay attention to this.]]> no@spam.com (Nancy Warren) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/156/1/Youll-Never-Get-A-Job-As-A-Writer/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/155/1/Why-Good-Dialogue-Is-Like-Champagne/Page1.html I was thinking about how often we refer to good dialogue as ‘sparkling’. For some reason, thirst perhaps, the word sparkling immediately made me think about my favorite beverage’champagne.

Then, probably to keep my mind off drinking in the afternoon, I began to think about how much in common champagne has with good dialogue, and with good writing in general.

Here’s what I came up with. ]]> no@spam.com (Nancy Warren) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/155/1/Why-Good-Dialogue-Is-Like-Champagne/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/154/1/Finding-Time-To-Write/Page1.html I’ve been really looking at my days lately, trying to work out where my time goes and how to get everything done. I’ve read umpteen books with titles such as: Time Management for the Stressed, Housework in Ten Minutes a Day or Less, Organize Your Life Right Now--you know the ones. Some smarmy expert makes it sound so easy and next thing you know you’re filling out charts and planning next month’s meals and losing even more writing time.

After trying any number of systems and failing spectacularly at each and every one, I’ve come to a single conclusion. You have to make time for the things that matter most and do it in a way that works for you. That should be so obvious, and so easy to do, but it’s frankly tough, because the things that matter most aren’t always the easy ones to accomplish. ]]> no@spam.com (Nancy Warren) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/154/1/Finding-Time-To-Write/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/153/1/Everything-I-Learned-About-Romance-The-Five-Ws/Page1.html Who, What, When, Where, Why? Every journalist and journalism student has those five questions burned into their brains. A reporter tries to answer the five Ws within the first paragraph or two.]]> no@spam.com (Nancy Warren) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/153/1/Everything-I-Learned-About-Romance-The-Five-Ws/Page1.html https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/152/1/Pitch-Perfect/Page1.html no@spam.com (Nancy Warren) https://www.autocrit.com/websitepublisher/articles/152/1/Pitch-Perfect/Page1.html