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Another 1,000 words
This morning I rose at 7:30 a.m. by 8:30 a.m. I had written 1,531 words. I wasn’t sure I would be able to pull off another 1,000 words because yesterday my character ran off crying because the man of her dreams wasn’t returning her love. Before going to bed, I thought about how she could […]
Continue readingSnow Day and another 1,000 Words
I’m determined to finish my novel in another 60 days. If I can stay on track and keep writing 1,000 words a day, I’ll make that goal of a 90,000 word novel. After which the real fun of editing begins. I am looking forward to the editing phase of the novel because that will mean […]
Continue reading30,000 words and counting
Today, we had a snow day at work. Actually we were sent home early because of the bad weather. Since I had the afternoon off (work was called at noon today), I decided to write. Yesterday, I wrote over 1,000 words to 28,464. Today, I wrote to 30,120 words. I felt better about writing almost […]
Continue readingWriting at 2 a.m.
I’m up again writing–getting in those 1,000 words before the day actually begins. I’m digging through the snow bank of ideas looking for some gems. Some yes, others, no. It’s hard to write when the snow bank turns out to be dog piles of poo that I’m pushing from one end of the page to […]
Continue readingUp Early or Down Late
Last night I found I couldn’t sleep. It was 3 a.m., which dragged into 3:45 a.m. before I finally decided to get up and try my hand at writing some more on the novel. I cranked out around 500 words in about 15 minutes (it helps when you have an outline and know which direction […]
Continue readingFound It!
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 […]
Continue readingLost 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 […]
Continue reading24,000 Words
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 […]
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