{"id":12572,"date":"2023-05-23T12:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-23T19:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/?p=12572"},"modified":"2023-05-23T12:44:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T19:44:59","slug":"writing-that-first-thing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/writing-that-first-thing\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing That First Thing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cRemember that when you\u2019re writing that first thing, you\u2019re in an incredibly precious time. When you\u2019re writing that book or that early story, write for yourself first and foremost. There\u2019s going to come a time when that won\u2019t be the case anymore, when there are going to be all these people who are involved. So, don\u2019t be in any great hurry to publish or to get it out there into the world. Take your time to hone and draft that first book. Appreciate those early years where you\u2019re writing for yourself because it never is quite the same once you start publishing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Excerpt from a Writer\u2019s Digest interview<\/a> with Brandon Taylor<\/a>.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The bestselling (and Booker Prize-shortlisted) author discusses the interconnectedness of his work, the importance of short stories, and his latest release, The Late Americans. Interviewed  Michael Woodson<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The May\/June 2023 issue<\/a> of Writer\u2019s Digest is all about \u201cKeeping It Short\u201d \u2014short forms of writing, that is. This issue includes advice for writing flash fiction, personal essays, and some of the shortest\u2014but most important\u2014bits of writing you\u2019ll do: loglines, elevator pitches, query pitches, synopses, and marketing copy. Plus, we feature the perennial favorite 25th Annual 101 Best Websites for Writers<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#just write #iamawriter #iamwriting<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cRemember that when you\u2019re writing that first thing, you\u2019re in an incredibly precious time. When you\u2019re writing that book or that early story, write for yourself first and foremost. There\u2019s going to come a time when that won\u2019t be the case anymore, when there are going to be all these people who are involved. So, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sfsi_plus_gutenberg_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_show_text_before_share":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_type":"","sfsi_plus_gutenberg_icon_alignemt":"","sfsi_plus_gutenburg_max_per_row":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[126],"tags":[1898,1165,1899],"class_list":["post-12572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-just-write-2","tag-brandon-taylor","tag-just-write-writing-freely-the-write-spot-blog","tag-writers-digest-magazine-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43Dj8-3gM","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12572"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12576,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12572\/revisions\/12576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thewritespot.us\/marlenecullenblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}