We’ve spent several weeks looking at obstacles to creating a daily writing habit and how to overcome them. This is the last in that series: temptations that pull us from routine. First, there are all the things that can seem more important than writing. This can vary from the pile of dirty dishes to a […]
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Last week, I confessed something. The story of my book thus far. Not a story I’d have created for it, though it’s a roller coaster of disappointed expectations and continual hope, and in that sense not badly plotted. I suppose. This week, I have an addendum that I think is important for all writers. It’s
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Jane watched the kids running back and forth on the lawn. She wondered if they were scared of the looming black cloud in the distance. Beginning writers often lean heavily on what I call mediation: He saw/ She noticed/ I watched/ I thought . . . the rest of the sentence then constitutes the action
1) Accept that voice. It just means you are doing your work. It doesn’t mean you are doing it badly or wrong, despite the content of the voice. It means you are taking risks, and the part of you that does not like to take risks is protesting. Protecting, even. Ignore me at your own
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We’ve been talking here and in the blog about overcoming challenges to a daily writing habit, and today we are going to talk about overcoming resistance, a challenge I’d venture to guess all of us face from time to time, and some of us face from moment to moment. Resistance comes in many forms. Fear.
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My goal for this year, as some of you know, is to write every day. I have quantified this (minimum of 500 words) and qualified this (something inventive or in scene). The goal is consistency, not quality or achievement beyond that. Just dailiness, habit, routine. These have not always been my strong suit, and I
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I am in a doctor’s office waiting room with my computer on my lap as I begin this blog. It’s certainly clean: a neat row of chairs, two stacks of magazines, some pamphlets in plastic displays and some laminated informational flyers on the walls. A plant in the corner. When we imagine having clear, organized
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This is part 2a of a 5 part series on Challenges to Daily Writing and How to Beat Them. Writers encounter organizational problems on a few different levels in approaching the daily habit: 1)The organization of the work itself and the tasks that lie within it. 2)The physical organization of the workspace. 3)The organization of
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For the next five weeks, I will be blogging about Five Challenges to a Daily Writing Habit and How to Beat Them. I hope you’ll let me know your thoughts, experiences and questions as we go along. Challenge One: Time No one has enough time to write. I’ve mentored a range of folks from working
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Resolved. It’s a legal term, a literary term and a New Year’s term. We make resolutions for ourselves, and we write them for our characters. Perhaps we all just want to direct our own happy ending. Another word for “resolutions” is “goals.” Here at the Book Writing World, we are big fans of goals. Knowing
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