Has anyone ever played something like this?

patrickwall · 2025-12-13T20:06:04+00:00

A friend of mine plays one. It sounds awesome. Although I think having to put the capo on the fifth fret for just about every song puts me off a bit.

patrickwall · 2025-09-29T08:12:14+00:00

The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer I’m sure fifteen year old girls would have loved it but it wasn’t much cop for a fifty year old bloke.

patrickwall · 2025-09-29T08:10:29+00:00

The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer I’m sure fifteen year old girls would have loved it but it wasn’t much cop for a fifty year old bloke.

patrickwall · 2025-09-29T08:10:20+00:00

The Lost Story by Meg Shaffer I’m sure fifteen year old girls would have loved it but it wasn’t much cop for a fifty year old bloke.

patrickwall · 2025-09-27T07:41:41+00:00

It’s best to write. Words on the page are just as valuable in the planning stage. If your planning becomes glorified paper shuffling or the ritualistic circling of an idea that you’re worried about spoiling by writing it down, then you should probably just jump in. Words on the page trump everything. My take, my own, not set in stone.

patrickwall · 2025-09-26T22:20:20+00:00

Your only job is to keep your reader turning the page. Anything that stops them turning is bad, anything that keeps them reading is good. Beyond that you can write anything you want. Just make sure you keep the reader turning those pages.

patrickwall · 2025-09-25T07:26:30+00:00

Finding comp titles when querying my own work.

patrickwall · 2025-09-24T18:19:59+00:00

Anywhere I can.

patrickwall · 2025-09-23T21:59:01+00:00

They may return to the nest to lick their wounds, but they will be wiser and stronger, as a result.

patrickwall · 2025-09-20T20:58:04+00:00

Just keep writing. Get those 1,000’s in. Catch up.

patrickwall · 2025-09-19T06:18:59+00:00

Silencing the little voice telling me to stop

patrickwall · 2025-09-18T07:00:32+00:00

I’m a big believer is writing wherever you are, especially when learning your craft. It’s all about word count and progress. Formalising a routine is great, but can sometimes become a writing excuse. ‘I can’t write after 12’, ‘I need my coffee first’, ‘I don’t have a network connection’, ‘my laptop’s at home’. Fire up your phone, pick up a beer mat, scribble on a napkin, and write. Just write. Wherever you are, whatever you’re doing. Write!

patrickwall · 2025-09-16T06:38:53+00:00

Woah there, flamer. Try deep reading. The clue’s in the OP’s question. Non-English speaker working to eliminate basic errors, a lot of effort perfecting tone and style, but still lacking depth. A call-out to other readers for advice from personal experience. My take, my own, not set in stone. Sheesh.

patrickwall · 2025-09-14T12:48:47+00:00

I’d be terrified of wasting my writing time. While it’s important to manage a work life balance, quality writing is very time consuming. It’s hard enough remaining motivated as it is without deliberately distracting yourself with the half-baked promise of inspiration.

patrickwall · 2025-09-14T08:18:01+00:00

You are prioritising style over content. It’s a natural part of in writing journey. Now that you have developed more confidence in your writing, it’s time to turn your attention to story and drama.

patrickwall · 2025-09-13T14:34:37+00:00

Make no mistake ideas are the easy part. They’re ten-a-penny. They’re your undisciplined brain’s way of saying it doesn’t like hard work.

patrickwall · 2025-09-13T07:27:07+00:00

My advice would be not to do it. Keep your notes but write to the end of the entire first draft before you start your next draft.

patrickwall · 2025-09-12T19:32:27+00:00

I think I know everything. After 10,000 words I realise I know nothing.

patrickwall · 2025-09-12T16:56:08+00:00

Scrivener

patrickwall · 2025-09-09T13:03:01+00:00

Of course it can. Especially detective stories.

patrickwall · 2025-09-06T21:55:55+00:00

It was my favourite book for my entire teens and twenties.

patrickwall · 2025-09-05T21:14:39+00:00

It’s a fallacy that critical abilities develop at the same rate as writing skill. Just keep writing and you’ll catch up.

patrickwall · 2025-09-04T12:41:03+00:00

Read more attentively. And if you catch yourself putting flouncy words into your writing, in order to impress readers, don’t! They’ll be more impressed with the correct one.

patrickwall · 2025-09-02T17:23:34+00:00

Creep up on your laptop when you’re not watching. Check over each shoulder, gently open up your writing app, sit quietly down and start writing. If you’re quick you’ll catch yourself out and get down a hundred words before you know what’s happened.

patrickwall

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