Our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
• Creativity is not magic: a fascinating analysis by author Jonah Lehrer on how creativity works.
• Creativity is work: 25 observations on creativity by author Chuck Wendig.
• From Huffington Post, the big reasons that indie authors aren’t taken seriously (via The Editor’s POV)
• Does your short story demand to be longer? Consulting editor Alan Rinzler has tips for growing a short story into a novel.
• Not just for superheroes: A concise handout at Superhero Nation on writing interesting characters.
• Victoria Strauss at Writer Beware encourages you to evaluate writing contests carefully.
• And we leave you with this gorogeous video: The Beauty of a Second, in which people submitted “beauty in a second of film” to a competition sponsored by Montblanc. How would you capture these moments with your writer’s pen…?
   
  

  
  The Beauty Of a Second – 3rd round compilation (Instant Bliss) from The Beauty Of A Second on Vimeo.

Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!

Here’s our weekly roundup of links we hope you’ll find interesting and useful:
• We lead with this terrific post from writer Jeanne Kisacky on thinking like an editor.
• Have you ever wondered how acquiring editors read your manuscript? (h/t author Gwenda Bond)
• Author Anne R. Allen’s thoughtful post on how one learns to be a writer will give you a lot to consider. Don’t miss the comment conversation!
• Author Natalie Whipple shares a candid and helpful list of 10 things she wishes she had done differently as a writer.
• We always love the way author Chuck Wendig gets right to the heart of the matter. NSFW and not safe for those who make excuses.
• And we leave you with this very simple advice and absolutely true advice from Creative Something:
   
  

 
Enjoy your weekend. Write something wonderful!