It's the first Wednesday of the month,
the day that members of the
Insecure Writer's Support Group
share their writing struggles
and writing successes
and offer their encouragement
and support to fellow writers.
To visit the IWSG website, click here.
To become a member of the IWSG, click here.
Our wonderful co-hosts who are volunteering today,
along with IWSG Founder Alex J. Cavanaugh are Jemima Pett, J Lenni Dorner, Cathrina Constantine, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, and Mary Aalgaard.
along with IWSG Founder Alex J. Cavanaugh are Jemima Pett, J Lenni Dorner, Cathrina Constantine, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, and Mary Aalgaard.
I hope you have a chance to visit today's hosts and thank them for co-hosting.
I'm sure they would appreciate a visit and an encouraging comment.
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Every month the IWSG announces a question that members can answer
with advice, insight, a personal experience, or a story in their IWSG posts.
if they aren't sure what to write about on IWSG Day.
Remember the question is optional.
This month's featured question is:
This month's featured question is:
In your writing, where do you draw the line, with either topics or language?
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October's question is a good one, and I am looking forward to reading your answers.
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Till next time ~
Fundy Blue
Happy October, Everyone!
I hope your month has gotten off to a safe and happy start!
Mine has been busy.
I feel like I'm going backwards.
Good thing I'm an optimist!
I wake up every day thinking,
Today will be the day I get on top of things!
My Favorite Internet Cartoon!
For me, the answer depends upon who the audience is for the piece I am writing.
The language and topics I use in writing a children's story are very different
from those that I use in a newspaper article or in adult fiction.
As a general rule, I don't use foul language in my writing.
However, I do in adult writing, if the language is integral to portraying a character.
I write a lot of nonfiction, and if I'm quoting someone,
I sometimes include offensive or profane language.
I'll write about any topic, if I have a good reason to do so.
I would draw the line at some topics based on the age of readers.
What motivates me as a writer is truth.
If I'm writing about child molestation, discrimination, mental illness,
or the abuses of government and religious agencies in the North,
I'm not going to pull any punches.
I'm going to tell the flat-out truth, as I have experienced it,
whatever the topic, whatever the language.
Are any of you going to participate in NaNoWriMo in November?
Terry and I had planned to be in Hawaii then, so I wasn't going to do NaNoWriMo.
But our plans changed, and now I'm getting ready to join in.
I'll be rewriting my memoir.
Wishing each of you who tackles NaNoWriMo success!
I Love Grumpy Cat!
I hope each of you has fun visiting around today.
Happy writing to each of you in October!
Till next time ~
Fundy Blue
https://selkiegrey4.blogspot.com
Terry and I are so happy to do normal things again,
and we're grateful that vaccines and booster shots have made this safer for us.
Like catching a Rockies baseball game with friends!
Heading to Denver International Airport to Meet Our Friends
September 29, 2021
Gateway Station, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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Terry Dave, and Julie
September 29, 2021
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado, USA
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Charlie Blackmon at Bat ~ Go Rockies!
September 29, 2021
Coors Field, Denver, Colorado, USA
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All Rights Reserved