Channeling Ray Bradbury

This post includes a link to a video with Ray Bradbury about writing persistently.  This is in the blog to meet the requirements of a creative writing class I am taking. One of the biggest challenges for me when it comes to writing is sticking with my writing despite getting a rejection.  The video with Ray Bradbury is a good example of how persistence is critical to success as a writer.   I found it interesting that even the great writers had to earn their stripes so to speak.  He talks about writing a story a day and getting them rejected. It takes a lot to break into the business, although now with self-publishing, the climb might be a bit easier. 

Ray Bradbury on Writing Persistently

Tom Clancy's Knows Action

I chose to review Tom Clancy's Facebook page for my creative writing class because Clancy is one of my two favorite authors.

Four key characteristics listing in our lecture are Be social, diverse, natural, and consistent.  Tom Clancy's website hits on all cylinders.  He routinely posts (about 1 or 2 a month and sometimes more), asks questions and opinions and posts surveys for his fans to answer.  From the posts I checked, the author does not appear to respond to any comments to the original question so a little more participation could make the site better.

He does a good job of publicizing his books, games, and movies.  I could figure out which books I still needed and which ones had the characters that I liked the best.  There are a lot of promotions on the site but they are done tastefully and do not overwhelm the reader.

http://www.facebook.com/TomClancyAuthor