Just like marathon runners, writers know that making it through and beyond the halfway point of a writing project can feel the hardest. That’s when you need to stay energized, inspired, and productive, so you complete the first draft of your manuscript. The middle of your book project can be hard, tedious, and doubt-filled. Suddenly, you find yourself avoiding the…
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This morning, I opened my current writing project in Scrivener. I reviewed what I needed to write next, and then thought it wise to check my email…then Facebook…and post about my latest book release on social media… That was at 10:30 a.m. It’s now 2 p.m., and I haven’t added a word to my manuscript. Why didn’t I write? I…
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I turn off my computer and pull out my planner. It’s time to check off what I accomplished today and plan tomorrow’s goals and tasks. I begin to review the list. Phone calls made. Check. Respond to emails. Check. Promotional emails written. Check. Blog post written. Check. Create artwork and SEO completed for blog post. Check. Video recorded. Check. Social…
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I remember hearing all the hype about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I had given up the dream of writing fiction years before—in fact, when I was a junior in high school—but an experience in 1989 birthed the idea for a novel. I started writing the manuscript in 2013 and produced about 3,000 words, which I had let sit in…
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It’s one thing to have a passion for writing. It’s quite another to make that passion into a writing habit and become a productive writer. Today, author Linda L. Kane offers her top tips on turning that desire to write into a consisting writing practice. Why do writers write? To educate, inspire, or share skills or expertise. Sometimes writing provides…
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Sticking to a writing schedule, obviously, helps you write more consistently. However, you can keep that writing habit going by using your daily writing blocks in conjunction with a production schedule. Today, Mridu Khullar Relph (@mridukhullar), an award-winning journalist, author and founder of TheInternationalFreelancer.com, explains how a production schedule can help you develop a daily writing habit that lasts. A…
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Developing a daily writing habit takes more than consistency. It also takes knowledge about how to optimize your natural rhythms and ability to recharge. That may sound a bit counterintuitive given the fact that we more-often-than-not are told to make ourselves write and to write every single day no matter what. Carol Tice (@TiceWrites), founder of the award-winning Make a…
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