I find it hard when praying to ask for blessings regarding my writing. perhaps that’s because I feel already gifted in that I am able to write, that my ability to craft stories and that I am doing so is such a wonderful gift.
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I recently read an article on writing that suggested writers ask ourselves, “Why have I chosen to write this novel at this time in my life?”
This novel at this time.
An interesting question.
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Words for opening of the next scene came to me as I lay in bed.
Fearful that i might lose them, I turned on the lamp beside my bed and wrote them by hand.
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This week was busy week. The children returned to school. Fall semester finals loom ahead for my 11th grader with two paper due in just one class.
My eldest, a graduate student, faces no
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Between all of this I want to finish the rough draft of the novel I started writing during NaNoWriMo. Though having reached the 50,000 minimum, I still have to complete the middle and write the
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That I reached 50,000 words planted me square in the middle of my book, yes the dreaded middle.
Writing the middle of a novel presents as my greatest challenge. I do not want the story to sag or the
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I reached the 50,000 word minimum to so-to-speak win NaNoWriMo. But I did not finish my novel.
Let me repeat, I did not complete my novel. In my opinion, and estimation according to the
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