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#FirstDraft120 Day 46: Story Bible Review & Update Day #amwriting #nanowrimo

In order to be able to focus on writing as much as we can on a daily basis, keeping our Story Bibles updated is important. So on Wednesdays, be sure to schedule additional time to review your Story Bible and see what needs to be updated or revised. Since Story Bibles can start to get […]

#FirstDraft120 Day 45: Timer Tuesday! What Time is YOUR #1k1hr Today? #amwriting #nanowrimo

As always on Tuesdays, today our challenge is to schedule and complete at least one 1k1hr writing sprint some time during the day. IT’S TIMER TUESDAY! I’m going to try to do my #1k1h sprints today at 8:30 PM US Central time*. *To determine the time of the 1k1hr sprint in your time zone, go […]

#FirstDraft120 Day 44: Monday Momentum – Goals as Motivation #amwriting #nanowrimo

It’s our first week of FD120, as opposed to FD60. While giving ourselves more time to write gives us room to breathe, it also gives us more opportunities for procrastination and losing momentum. So here are a couple of things I thought might rev up our engines and get us back on track with the […]

#FirstDraft120 Day 43: Sunday Reflections on Changing Goals & Deadlines #amwriting #nanowrimo

In case you missed the announcement at the end of last week and are wondering what the revised logo means, check out that post before continuing on with today’s. Go ahead, we’ll wait. Because Sundays are our day to take a moment to step back and think about our writing from a wider view, today […]

#FirstDraft60? I Think We Need MORE TIME. #amwriting #nanowrimo

If you haven’t been able to tell, due to the lack of interactivity here (and the lack of a THORsday post), things have been . . . stressful this week. Between health issues (mine, family members’) and, well, all of the other stuff happening in the world this week, I’ve been completely unable to focus […]

#FirstDraft60 Day 39: Wednesday Story-Bible Review #amwriting #nanowrimo

In order to be able to focus on writing as much as we can on a daily basis, keeping our Story Bibles updated is going to be important. So on Wednesdays, be sure to schedule additional time to review your Story Bible and see what needs to be updated or revised. Since Story Bibles can […]

#FirstDraft60 Day 38: Timer Tuesday! #1k1hr at 8:30PM US Central #amwriting #nanowrimo

Last week, we did our first Timer Tuesday, which can be useful in helping us build our word count and our story’s momentum when doing a marathon writing challenge like this. Today, our challenge is to schedule and complete at least one 1k1hr writing sprint some time during the day. IT’S TIMER TUESDAY! I’ll be […]

#FirstDraft60 Day 37: Monday Momentum–What’s Motivating You Today? #amwriting #nanowrimo

So it looks like most of us had a very challenging first week and missed our daily and overall word-count goals. But not only is it the beginning of a new week, it’s a new day with new chances to get motivated and start gaining/regaining momentum. So here are three things I thought might encourage […]

#FirstDraft60 Day 36: Sunday Story Reflections #amwriting #nanowrimo

On Sundays, we take a moment to step back and think about our writing from a wider view. In order to do that, I’ll post some guided questions—feel free to answer them here with as much or little detail as you’d like; or answer them on your own blog or on Facebook. Or just write […]

#FirstDraft60 Day 35: Saturday Catch-Up & Review Day #amwriting #nanowrimo

I can’t believe that it’s almost 8 p.m., and this is the first time I’ve had a chance to sit down at the computer to do anything. (It was a day out with my girlfriends—lunch and movie and shopping—which I desperately needed after a whole lot of time with little to no social interaction.) Just […]