How do you write the words good fast with the fingers on the keyboard? I’m in the midst of WHAM! It stands for “Writing Hard All Month!” And that means I’m attempting to write at least 50,000 words in the month of October. But how can I do that? I don’t know what other writersContinue reading “Write Fast! Write Good!”
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October is about to get WHAMed
Imma do it. So, NaNoWriMo is dead to me. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. The idea was that in the month of November, everyone buckles down to write at least 50,000 words, ideally completing a novel. The program was great… for a while. And then it fell apart. Essentially those in charge appearContinue reading “October is about to get WHAMed”
Goal-Oriented Writing
The goal of your writing changes what you write. In some ways, that’s blitheringly obvious. If your goal is to create beauty through poetry, you write poetry. If your goal is to launch a massive intertwined universe of books, you write books that are related to each other, and a lot of them. If yourContinue reading “Goal-Oriented Writing”
Stretching is Hard
Learning to do a new thing ain’t easy. My depression has been brutal lately. Leaving the house feels insanely daunting. Dealing with other people, even close friends, feels impossible. I want to stay in my room, on my laptop, and never do anything else. My counselor reminds me that this is not the way toContinue reading “Stretching is Hard”
Heretical Writing Advice
“Write every day. It doesn’t matter how much. It doesn’t matter how bad it is. You must write every day, or you’re not a writer.” Oh man. What junk advice this is, and nearly every writer encounters it. If you want to be a good writer, if you want to get published, if you wantContinue reading “Heretical Writing Advice”
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