by R. Scott Boyer | Oct 31, 2014 | Creative Process
Happy Halloween everyone! I’ve been so busy completing the first draft of my third book, Bobby Ether and the Great Sphinx, that I haven’t had time to post much. Still, I love interesting articles about writing and the creative process. Thus, I want to...
by R. Scott Boyer | Sep 30, 2014 | Creative Process
I just came across this fantastic post from Jody Hedlund and found it worth sharing. I couldn’t agree more that rejection serves as a much needed reality check for beginning writers. It most certainly helped motivate me and continues to push me to become the...
by R. Scott Boyer | Sep 5, 2014 | Creative Process
Upon having an idea for a book or short story, one of the first questions many people ask themselves is: am I really a writer? They may have a plot, or perhaps a character begging to be brought to life, but they also often have a day job, a wife/husband, kids,...
by R. Scott Boyer | Aug 14, 2014 | Creative Process
Yesterday, I came across a forum on Goodreads.com about writing advice for beginning writers. While already full of helpful suggestions from other authors, I decided to offer a few recommendations of my own—mainly as a means to crystalizing my own thoughts...
by R. Scott Boyer | Aug 8, 2014 | Creative Process
Here is the second poem I wrote while at Camp Paintrock in Wyoming. As you can imagine, the country is quite spectacular there. The embedded picture simply can’t do it justice. I imagine my poem can’t either, but you can’t blame a guy for trying. The...
by R. Scott Boyer | Aug 5, 2014 | Creative Process
A few days ago, I returned from a weeklong trip to Wyoming where I spent time with the wonderful staff and students of the C5LA program. Part of my purpose in going was to teach my first ever writing class and help introduce the basics of creative writing to the...