Someone else blogged about Write or Die the timed writing program online. I tried it. I liked it and found it helpful. At the top of the Write or Die page were other helpful writing websites such as: http://editminion.com/ and http://boredmuse.com/ Neither one of these are timed so no pressure to write. Too bad Write […]
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Lost Word Writers Group
So it was me and the leader last night at the Lost Word Writers Group at Jackson District Library in Jackson Michigan. Even though it was just the two of us I felt it was productive. We did a writing exercise about first encounters which I felt good enough about to expand and submit to […]
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Today, I wrote just over the 24,o00 word mark. I was at 22,347 on Saturday. Writing over 24,000 words is a nice surprise. I find if I write two to three pages this gives me 1,0o0 words.I really have to push myself to get in 1,000 words a day (I skipped writing Sunday). It is […]
Continue reading5 Ways to become a successful writer
According to a recent article I read from Writer’s Digest there are five things everyone who wants to finish a novel draft must do. They are–as I remember them: Just do it. Don’t put it off just sit down and get something on the page. Just do it. Don’t look at a blank page start […]
Continue readingCats and Writing
I have three cats. Two of which are situated on me. One is licking it’s back on my left leg while the other is sleeping in my zip-up jacket. It’s hard to write with cats on me, but they obviously missed me while I was at work today and so I let them stay. I […]
Continue readingKeeping Track of Word Count
Four days ago I started keeping track of my daily word count on a calendar so I can see the progress of my novel. I find it helps keep me motivated to churn out more words/work toward the fulfillment of my novel. How do you stay motivated to write?
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Finally, today, I wrote over 1,000 words. I’m at 17,548 words, which feels pretty good this far into the process of writing a novel. I still have an aching fear in the back of my mind that says I won’t be able to get the novel over 70,000 words (more like over 40,000–the size of […]
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Three hundred words feels more like the Peter, Paul and Mary song with 500 miles in the lyrics. Meaning 300 words written feels like I’ve walked 500 miles–whew! I’m beat. I did get another page written so for that I can celebrate. I was aiming for 1,000 words tonight, but several things stand in the […]
Continue readingSitting Down to Write
I sat down to write tonight not because I was feeling especially inspired or that I had something to write about, but because I was craving writing. So I just kicked out over 1,000 words on the historical inspirational romance novel I’m writing without feeling the tiniest bit inspired. Even so, I churned out some […]
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I’m not sure it is a goal, but I’d like to write everyday. Today was an exception. I haven’t written today. I like to think that the next scene I write is in the cooker. The cooker being my mind. I haven’t fully formed where I’m going next (even though I still have that outline, […]
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