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Things I’m thankful for today: The sky, the mountains, and the trees that cheer me up when I go out for a run. My super patient and optimistic wife. We laugh a lot, day after day. And that feels damn good. Books. They are a door always ready to be opened onto a new and ever different universe — the mind of another human. My sister’s dog — Jack. Continue reading Happy Thanksgiving Everyone at Peter Rey.

It’s normal. It’s human and perfectly understandable. When we write, we strive to come up with prose that is fresh and memorable. Prose that, while easy to read, is also as incisive and sharp as a lion’s claws. I read rules, and even stared at diagrams, about how to ignite my writing with the so called wow factor. But it didn’t take me long to reach the conclusion they’re just a heap of useless junk. Continue reading About the Wow Factor in Creative Writing at Peter Rey.

A clock divides time up into equal intervals. Even if its function is different, also a heart works in a similar fashion. As a matter of fact, in nature many rhythms are based on extremely simple and predictable alternations. Night and day, seasonal changes, and so on. When I go out for an easy run, I keep my pace as constant as possible. Besides, I choose a course that is mostly flat. Finally, I set a pace I can comfortably keep for a long time. Continue reading How to Pace Your Novel — 3 Basic Mistakes to Avoid at Peter Rey.

Every writer who’s been producing words for at least a little while knows that lexico-grammatical rules are never to be considered absolute truths. In fact, creative writing is such a complex and nuanced activity it would be naive to believe it’s possible to straitjacket it into perfectly defined boundaries. However, how to books, even those advertising an infallible method to write the bestselling novel of the century, aren’t the worst — and they’re not by a wide margin. Continue reading Self-help Books and Writing Manuals — Some Considerations at Peter Rey.