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A Hard Question
This is from Noah Lukeman’s book The First Five Pages. I read that a long time ago. It’s one of those books I want to read again. I feel I’ve grown as a writer and I’m curious if the book would mean more to me now. Photo by Leeloo Thefirst: https://www.pexels.com/photo/question-mark-on-crumpled-paper-5428826/
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NaNoWriMo Update: Playing Catch Up This Weekend
Last Saturday I came down with Covid symptoms. First time ever (as far as I know). For the next few days, I wrote only a little. Result: got behind in my word count. I’ve been off work all week, so I wrote all week and got ahead, right? Nope. Like I said, I wrote very…
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Just Finished: Tress
Brandon Sanderson gets a lot of attention these days, and deservedly so. Not only is he a prolific writer, he is just an all around nice guy. Tress of the Emerald Sea is the first of his Secret Projects he wrote during the Covid lockdown. This one he wrote for his wife. It’s a great…
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Friday’s Findings: Hints
“Far better to give your readers some hints and then allow them to fill in the blanks for themselves.” ― Renni Browne, David King, Self-Editing for Fiction Writers Photo by cottonbro studio: https://www.pexels.com/photo/photo-of-person-using-magnifying-glass-7319077/
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Just Finished: Quiet-The Power of Introverts
I wish someone had told me what this book talks about when I was I kid. I would have known it was okay to be who I was. Recommended for introverts for understanding themselves. Also recommended to parents, educators and managers, whether an introvert or extrovert, for understanding that segment of society that is constantly…
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And We’re Off: First Day of NaNoWriMo 2023
I belong to the writing community of Writing Mastery Academy online and I wrote this in the National Novel Writing Month discussion group this morning: “I woke up about 10 minutes before midnight, and figured I should go ahead and do a couple of word sprints. I got about 800 words in one hour, which…
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Writing Is a Privilege
“And what, you ask, does writing teach us? First and foremost, it reminds us that we are alive and that it is a gift and a privilege, not a right.” ― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing Photo by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/photo/red-leaf-trees-near-the-road-33109/
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Friday’s Findings: Brevity
Photo by Sohel Patel: https://www.pexels.com/photo/white-and-brown-ceramic-vase-1804035/
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How Do We Develop Our Own Style?
Steal Like an Artist Photo by Tima Miroshnichenko: https://www.pexels.com/photo/a-man-in-black-sweatshirt-with-handcuffs-standing-beside-desk-with-equipment-6266299/
My Projects:
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