Have you enjoyed the journaling prompts I’ve combined with the short story prompts? I’m thinking about continuing with them through fall, even making them a separate post and would love some feedback. For this week, and as summer is winding down, the theme is remembering the summer of 2019. For short story writers, what happened to…
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Monday Motivation-It’s All About The Goals
I always talk about goals and creating them because of your why. Why do you want to do something, not why your friends think you should or a parent did something and you need to follow in their footsteps. It has to come from your heart and not someone else’s or you’re doomed to failure…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Summer Winding Down
I looked outside today and noticed leaves on some trees have started to turn from green to orange. Some mornings have been chilly so I won’t be surprised if more join in. Some think of the New Year as the time for goals and plans, but there’s something about fall that gets me into…
No Schedule-No Problem
Mageela Troche is back guest blogging today and sharing tips for writing while dealing with chronic illness… I have a confession to make. I do not have a writing schedule. If you have ever picked up a writing craft book, one piece of advice each one shares is to construct a writing schedule. I’ve tried…
Monday Motivation-Make It Fun
Is writing fun for you? One way to stay motivated is to make sure you’re doing something you love. I place emphasis on the word you. Why do you write? If it’s just something that you’re doing on a whim or maybe you think it’s a way to make a quick dollar, you’re not going…
What Have You Done This Year…what do you have left to do?
Madeline McEwen is back with a reminder that should have us thinking about what we want to achieve for the rest of 2019… That is an alarming title, although “one-third left” might be worse. In four months, 2020 will arrive and we’ll count our achievements on New Year’s Eve. How has this year whizzed…
Monday Motivation-Stepping Outside Your Comfort Zone
Writing is a lot harder than most people think. It takes courage to begin writing, courage to announce it to the world, it’s downright brave to share it with the world. Is something holding you back from doing any of the above? This week step outside your comfort zone and do something about it….
Monday Motivation-When The Going Gets Tough
It’s easy to write and continue to write when things are going well. The character you created is behaving just how you planned. The plot is writing itself. You sold a story. The true character of a writer comes to light when things aren’t going so well. The plot is going nowhere, your character is…
Should Lead Characters Be Nice People?
Here’s a question for you…should lead characters be nice people? My vote is for yes. I’ve been thinking about this all day because last night I watched a new series on Netflix with a main character who I thought was, well, hopefully someone I won’t ever meet in real life. It’s not the first series with a main…
Monday Motivation-Small Steps Lead to Big Gains
You can interrupt this quote by Richard Branson a couple of ways. I like to think that it reminds me that every project starts with small steps. If you’re not willing to put time and effort into those (for example, research for your book, fleshing out your character), then you’ll probably fail at the…