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March 3, 2017
Fun Friday: Learning to Love (A Ransome Spin-Off #StoryIdea)
Because I’m trying to re-teach myself that writing can be fun, this year, I’m focusing on coming up with new ideas for stories. Does this mean they’ll all get written in novel or even novella form? No guarantees. However, this is a creative exercise that I both need and want to share. You can read […]
March 2, 2017
Timed, Handwritten, Offline, Remote–It’s THORsday! | #amwriting #1k1hr #2017WritingGoals
On Thursdays, we do an alternate version of Timer Tuesday—instead of challenging ourselves to sit at the computer and try to crank out as many words as fast as we can, the challenge is to get away from the computer. What Does THORsday Mean? It’s pretty simple. Our writing challenge for today is: Timed Handwritten […]
March 1, 2017
Writer-Talk Wednesday: Kaye’s Top Ten Writing Tips | #amwriting #top10 #2017WritingGoals
Set aside a completed manuscript to create objectivity. Don’t think; just write. Make lists. Here’s a list of the top-ten tips that have helped me the most as a professional author. Originally published May–June 2010 / Revised September 2014 Writing Tip #1: FINISH YOUR FIRST DRAFT You’ll never know how to write the beginning of […]
February 28, 2017
#2017WritingGoals: It’s Timer Tuesday! | #amwriting #1k1hr
Moving forward with our “New Year, Revised Goals” theme for our 2017 Writing Goals effort, our challenge on Timer Tuesdays will be to schedule and complete a solid one-hour block of writing-related work during the day. If you’re still working on a word-count goal, please continue with a regular 1k1hr sprint, if you so desire. […]
February 27, 2017
A New Twist to My 2017 Reading Challenge: Critical Reading
People who’ve been around me—either virtually here on the blog or in person—have heard me use the term “critical reading” before. It’s something that I highly recommend, especially to new authors as well as to anyone who’s having a hard time connecting with their chosen genre. It’s something I learned how to do in graduate […]
February 26, 2017
#WritingGoals2017: What Is “Writing Time” if Not Writing?
As mentioned before, my “Writing Goal” for 2017 is to spend at least one hour per day on “fiction writing–related” work. I know that most non-writers interpret that to mean that for an hour each day, I’ll be sitting down and writing fiction. But that’s not actually what I’m doing during that time. Here’s what […]
February 24, 2017
Fun Friday: The Doctor and the Scotsman (A Ransome Spin-Off #StoryIdea)
Because I’m trying to re-teach myself that writing can be fun, this year, I’m focusing on coming up with new ideas for stories. Does this mean they’ll all get written in novel or even novella form? No guarantees. However, this is a creative exercise that I both need and want to share. You can read […]
February 23, 2017
Timed, Handwritten, Offline, Remote–It’s THORsday! | #amwriting #1k1hr #2017WritingGoals
On Thursdays, we do an alternate version of Timer Tuesday—instead of challenging ourselves to sit at the computer and try to crank out as many words as fast as we can, the challenge is to get away from the computer. What Does THORsday Mean? It’s pretty simple. Our writing challenge for today is: Timed Handwritten […]
February 22, 2017
Writer-Talk Wednesday: Ready, Set, Write!
This is the year you’ve promised yourself that you’re finally going to get around to writing that novel. So let’s get ready, let’s get set, and let’s write. Originally published January–March 2015 Ready. Set. Write.: Planning, Preparing, and Writing Your Novel This Year This is the year you’ve promised yourself that you’re finally going to […]
February 21, 2017
#2017WritingGoals: It’s Timer Tuesday! | #amwriting #1k1hr
Moving forward with our “New Year, Revised Goals” theme for our 2017 Writing Goals effort, our challenge on Timer Tuesdays will be to schedule and complete a solid one-hour block of writing-related work during the day. If you’re still working on a word-count goal, please continue with a regular 1k1hr sprint, if you so desire. […]
