http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Dara+Girard Writing Dara Girard Sat, 10 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=199643&ca=Writing The only good teachers for you are those friends who love you, who think you are interesting, or very important, or wonderfully funny. ~Brenda Ueland The doubt demon loves artists. This sensitive bunch of individuals falls prey to it so easily, from cartoonist Charles Schulz to writer Virginia Woolf... Writing Dara Girard Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=198886&ca=Writing Most people in the writing world talk about the three levels of rejection--form, personal, rewrite--but I've discovered seven types (after over 200 rejections before being published and about hundred after, I should know). Learning how to analyze rejection is a helpful skill for any writer because y... Writing Dara Girard Sat, 20 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=194380&ca=Writing Many people claim that they want to write. Most won’t because of a giant monster called FEAR. It looms over individuals and paralyzes them. “What if I’m no good?” “ What if I’m wasting my time?” “What if…” “What if…” “What if…” Fear creates these never-ending questions, but fortunately the beast can... Writing Dara Girard Sat, 13 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=192104&ca=Writing Do you have trouble finishing your writing projects? Do you sometimes wonder what’s the point? Do rejections make you want to give up all together? You’re not alone. Writing isn’t always fun, especially when your efforts don’t seem to make a difference. But if you want to succeed, you can’t stop. Yo... Writing Dara Girard Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=189625&ca=Writing Before I became a full-time writer, I had a job counting envelopes. Not colored envelopes or large manila envelopes, mind you, but white #10 envelopes. I had to count them in series of a hundred. Even now I can see them flashing in my eyes as I flipped through them, blinding myself as though I were... Writing Dara Girard Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=187350&ca=Writing It comes along more frequently than not: The thought that you’re insane and should pursue a career that doesn’t stomp on your pride or demolish your ego. You have the hopes of fame and fortune to comfort you at times, but not often enough to keep doubt from gnawing at your mind. Discouragement is a... Writing Dara Girard Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=186102&ca=Writing Since every literate person can write, most people think they can be writers. Interestingly enough, we all can speak quite well, but few of us would deem ourselves ‘speakers.’ However, this prevalent belief encourages beginners to say the oddest things that make professional writers want to cringe (...