Every Sunday, I choose a passage of wisdom from someone who knows better and much more than I do about writing, life, the universe and/or everything. Share and enjoy! So many of us feel like we have this huge big story lying only half asleep within us, waiting only for the moment we have the … More Inspiration #7
Every Sunday, I choose a passage of wisdom from someone who knows better and much more than I do about writing, life, the universe and/or everything. Share and enjoy! I found this bit of wisdom on Neil Gaiman’s blog. Since I talk so much about first drafts, I thought we could use a bit of … More Inspiration #6
Day Twenty Four: 42,563 of 50,000 words You’ve got to be willing to waste any time you want to spend being creative. At least at first. It’s because we suck at actually valuing the time spent being creative as a society overall. We love the idea of perfect writing, but the time spent on writing it? … More Developing Writing Practice #1: Write or Not
Every Sunday, I choose a passage of wisdom from someone who knows better and much more than I do about writing, life, the universe and/or everything. Share and enjoy! Basically, if you want to become a good writer, you need to do three things. Read a lot, listen well and deeply, and write a lot. … More Inspiration #5
Day Ten: 14,283 of 50,000 I’m beyond exited to share that I am not alone in my insanity. There are 2, yes TWO others who had the same idea – to write 12 novels in a year. And they’ve both beat me to the punch talking about this – our little tribe, but that’s cool. … More In Which the Writer Is Not Alone
Every Sunday, I choose a passage of wisdom from someone who knows better and much more than I do about writing, life, the universe and/or everything. Share and enjoy! It is a truism that a writer reveals the self, sometimes in full awareness, sometimes unconsciously, but that is the goal. That finally is all that any … More Inspiration #3
Day Ten: 19,041 of 50,000 words When I catch myself researching how to write something, I know I’m in trouble. I just caught myself researching how to blog. Damn. The last few nights, between catching up on the blog and writing fiction, it’s the fiction that’s won. And for the last few nights, I’ve been … More You know when you have a perfect idea and sit down and write it perfectly? Yeah, me either.
Day Three: 6,212 of 50,000 words So far things are going really well. I’ve written a little over 2,000 words each of the three days so far. At night, my brain keeps track of the time and has kindly fallen into the writing rhythm I cultivated last November: when it’s time to write, I write, … More On things going well and encountering an old enemy
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