{"id":528,"date":"2012-10-30T09:58:12","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T14:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/?p=528"},"modified":"2012-10-30T10:00:55","modified_gmt":"2012-10-30T15:00:55","slug":"trick-or-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/30\/trick-or-treat\/","title":{"rendered":"Trick Or Treat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Writing is a scary business. If you\u2019re not terrified of the idea of writing a story, having others read it and then trying to get it published, you must be a zombie. When you really think about it, the act of writing is like year-round Halloween. It\u2019s also like the Olympics<\/a>, but that\u2019s another post entirely. The terrifying tasks writers face are either a trick or a treat, but how do you know which witch is which?<\/p>\n

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New Ideas\u2014Treat! Having an idea grow inside of you and demand to be set free is definitely a positive step for any writer.<\/p>\n

Writer\u2019s Block\u2014Trick\u2026The dreaded writer\u2019s block is a horrific crime on creativity. Blocks only serve to burden writers and set them back. They can be defeated though. <\/a><\/p>\n

Finishing a Draft\u2014Treat! When you\u2019ve completed the winding maze and strung your web of tales together, the feeling of accomplishment and pride is hard to ignore.<\/p>\n

Editing\u2014Trick\u2026Changing your story, or cleaning up the text can be a riddle on your brain and send a chill down your spine like a phantom haunting your every waking moment.<\/p>\n

Betas\u2014Treat! Fresh meat sent to slaughter\u2026I mean, new readers are a freakishly good thing. New perspectives, opinions and ideas can help give your story heart.<\/p>\n

Queries\/Contests\u2014Trick\u2026or Treat! Contests and queries are a dark and cloudy road, but those who choose to brave the terror trail could be greatly rewarded.<\/p>\n

Publication\u2014Treat! If you self-publish or go traditional, finally reaching your goal is enough to make you howl like a werewolf at a full moon! The spooky journey has come to an end, unless, you come up with a tantalizing new idea\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026And then, the horror and wonderment can begin again\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Writing is a scary business. If you\u2019re not terrified of the idea of writing a story, having others read it and then trying to get it published, you must be a zombie. When you really think about it, the act of writing is like year-round Halloween. It\u2019s also like the Olympics, but that\u2019s another post […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47,34,70,42,72,73,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-editing","category-inspiration","category-myths","category-plot","category-query","category-reading","category-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YHlB-8w","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=528"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":533,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/528\/revisions\/533"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rachelhorwitz.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}