Regarding The Ownership of Theme

When writing, the writer may be tempted to think about the theme of their work. This is something they should not do until the second rewrite, at least. The concept of theme is something that stems entirely from the author's subconscious. They will passively reveal their self through their writing if they just let the words flow.

Another issue that arises when an author claims a theme is that they do not actually own or decided what the theme of their work is. Their bias certainly influences the writing to fit the themes they live by but the ready is the last one to decided what they believe the theme is. Once they publish their writing they relinquish their creative control for the rest of its life, not legally but thematically. The reader sees the work in their own filter and puts their own meaning along with the words.

Focus on telling a good story and let the theme reveal itself. - Cheers

Nom de Plume

Many writers use pen names, myself included. Personally, I use my pen name to distance my writing following from my personal life. I will share what I want to share on my twitter and this blog but I reserve more intimate information for personal conversations. I recently met a few writers who use their pen name to distance their family from their writing. Maybe they just feel like what they are expressing in their writing is different from what they want to express to their family.

This is strange to me. The first to know when a piece of mine gets published or printed are my loved ones. I try to be vocal and honest with my views with everyone. If they get offended that is their problem.

I just thought that hiding your work from your family was interesting if anyone uses their pen name for a similar reason I'd love to know your reasoning. - Cheers

Keeping To Schedule

Something I have been guilty of for the last few weeks has been not keeping to schedule, not only on this blog, but in my professional life. I still got projects completed, albeit after much procrastination. The only remedy I have found for this is to "just do it" (Lebeouf 2015). Whether that be updating your website with filler on Monday just to get back in the habit, or vomiting a few hundred to a thousand words in a story or script that'll be cut later,  just do it. The only thing that will make you write more often is writing more often. - Cheers