Category: …the writing life…
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Joy and Energy While Writing…
Each year I participated in an online writing class, the goal of which was to write a novel in 2 and half months. Each of the three years prior to the present I began writing a novel, duration of
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Transitions…
Transitions constitute an important part of writing fiction. There are the ones that allow for dips back in time, memories or flashbacks, as we like to call them. And then there are those
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The Gifts of Writing Fast…
While some are daunted by the daily word count asked of us (1600) during NaNoWriMo, the positive aspect of this entire venture is to simply write. … Such a high word count due to the compression of time (one month) leaves little time to think, which for me, is where the inner critic slips in
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Sunday writing…
I see why so many people never finish books. It takes perseverance to write, and to keep at it. Today was Sunday and I wanted to take my youngest out. I try to spend an afternoon once a week with each of my children. With 3 children that can be tough, particularly when all three…
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NaNoWriMo…
I’m back. I haven’t written on this blog for over 8 weeks. It’s obviously easier for me to write about the craft of writing, than of my own exploits in writing. Why is that?