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A few years ago, I moved to Spain and while I was living there, I did very little creative work. There seemed to be multiple factors that played into this: the effort of adjustment to a new culture, helping my daughter adjust, the demands of learning a new language, plus the daily hassle of life... The post Temporarily Out of Service appeared first on Jennifer Lawler .
I have been starting to see the outlines of who this character is, though I still don t know her name. That will eventually come. I don t sweat stuff like this. Not knowing her name just means I haven t fully worked out who she is and what I want the name to reflect about it here.... The post Naked Writing 2 appeared first on Jennifer Lawler .
I write because I like to explore what characters do in challenging situations. What are their choices and why do they make them? Putting characters to the test like this is endlessly fascinating to me. I think it’s interesting that my ability to tell a story wasn’t very good until I had my own challenging... The post Life Lessons and Writing appeared first on Jennifer Lawler .
This is the first installment of Naked Editing, my effort to show what the writing process is for an author (namely me) who works mostly as a pantser that is, without an outline of the story before I begin writing. The current ms I’m working on is the result of a decision I made... The post Naked Writing 1 appeared first on Jennifer Lawler .
Over the years, I ve come to appreciate the joys of being non-famous. It may not seem like it, but operating at a level where not everyone knows your name can be very freeing. The main reason being: you get to explore without everyone around you being disappointed. People get overly invested in having big splashy... The post Don t Fence Me In appeared first on Jennifer Lawler .
A few years back, I ran a class called Naked Editing for newer freelance editors who wanted to follow along as I did an actual manuscript edit. I m a developmental editor, so people were curious to see how I identified developmental problems and how I addressed them in the edit. It s a very different process... The post Naked Writing Starts Next Tuesday! appeared first on Jennifer Lawler .
I recently coached a new retiree who wants to be a writer-editor in her retirement (a lot of people wait until retirement or near retirement to decide to pay attention to their creative lives). This client wants the editor side of the hyphen to help bolster her retirement income and the writer side to help... The post Finding the Time and Space to Write appeared first on Jennifer Lawler .
A few weeks ago, I was reflecting on my business and decided to try to capture what my goals across my life are as a means to keep myself focused on what really matters, even though there are lots of shiny things that want my attention (squirrel!) (There literally is a squirrel; she lives in... The post Life Goals and the Business of Storytelling appeared first on Jennifer Lawler .
I ve been a writer-editor for most of my career because imagining a life without creative work is impossible for me. Usually the editing work pays the bills and the creative work satisfies my need for expressing myself and exploring ideas I have about the world and how stories work. Most of the writer-editors I know... The post The Business of Storytelling appeared first on Jennifer Lawler .
My daughter Jessica and I have unexpectedly returned home from Spain. I m sure I ll write more about that sometime, but for now I am just ready to say that we re back in Los Angeles, and in our old neighborhood. We left Malaga in May, and already I can barely remember it, though I loved my... The post On homecomings appeared first on Jennifer Lawler .