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Rough Draft

Drafts. No matter how awesome your writing is, you’re going to need to do at least two. If you send an agent or publisher your first draft then don’t be suprised if you get it back again. If you send an agent a rough draft don’t be suprised if they commit an act of violence against [...]

Impossible Goals Update

I’m going to make it. Just. I set myself the goal of finishing my first, rough draft, by the end f the month and as long as I keep going on my current schedule, the rough draft will be done on the thirty first. Parts of the manuscript are pretty dire, some are outright unreadable [...]

Editing and The End of The World

Editing; for most of us, the bane of our existence. At least, it’s the bane of my existence, along with chocolate donuts, sports injuries and a Best Friend who is more than willing to fill the role of worst enemy. The problem with editing is not so much being forced to change what I’ve written [...]

Good Advice?

I was hesitant about posting this particular article, at least in part because I’m not sure if this will work for everyone. I also worry it’s going to make me look really stupid. Still, without this particular set of experiences I would be far further behind in my writing than I am. I still can’t [...]

Micro Writing and You

Micro Writing is the art of writing in small, sometimes tiny, chunks throughout the day. This is the polar opposite of the 10,000 word marathon session. If you have lot of spare time, then of course sitting down and cranking out anywhere from 1000 words up is great. But what if you don’t have that [...]

When to take a day off

I try to write at least 400 words a day, even if the world is ending, but sometimes even that doesn’t happen. I’ve been sick for the last couple of days and I have written exactly three words on my manuscript. Three words. Somehow, that’s even worse than writing none at all. So for the [...]

J C Hutchins

I wanted to throw up a link to JC Hutchins’s Website. I’ve just picked up a copy of his book “Personal Effects: Dark Art” and I wanted to encourage everyone to drop by the site. JC Hutchins gives out more free content on his site than you can reasonably get through inb one sitting. If [...]

Failure: Do it Right

I set myself a big goal for the weekend: Write 20,000 words by hook or by crook. I utterly failed. At 8,000 words my brain turned to jello and I crashed out on the sofa with a box set of DVD’s.   You heard me.   As a writer, you’re going to fail at your [...]

Gold

Normally I tell people, no matter how bad your writing is, keep going. It’ll get better. In rare instances, this advice may not be correct. The link above is to Awful Library Books, a superb blog about weeding out the very worst things to grace the shelves of library’s everywhere. Awesome.

Kick Start

Sometimes things just aren’t going as fast as you’d like them too. Perhaps you’ve been stuck in a 200 words per day rut. Sometimes life has just gotten on top of you and you haven’t been able to write. You’re behind schedule and wondering about throwing it all in and taking up collecting shoehorns. Don’t [...]

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