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One of best reasons to write faster (and it’s not what you think)

As you saw last week, I’ve been having health issues.  Still.  It’s an ongoing, nearing-chronic problem that has kept me from the desk for weeks, and I’m still not putting in what I consider a full day’s work, even as I write this post. I haven’t written any fiction for nearly four weeks.  I can

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How to Create A Writing Schedule You Can Live With – 2022 Edition.  Part Two.

Last week we looked at what a writing schedule is (and isn’t) and why you would want to use one.  This week:  How to build your schedule. _____ Your Typical Day The idea with this step is to build a “typical” day.  That might mean every day of the week looks different, and you must

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How to Create A Writing Schedule You Can Live With – 2022 Edition.  Part One.

I’m currently working through some of the original posts on this site, which are now several years old, and updating them for the times we currently face, to build in some resilience and flexibility so you can succeed in a future you may not be able to guess the shape of right now. Today’s post

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The Perfect Productivity System For You – 2022 Edition

This is an updated, reviewed edition of a post that first appeared on this site on February 16, 2018.  You can find the original post here. ____ When I hear of a new, complete productivity system, my gut clenches and I can feel my resistance kicking in. I have tried all the systems, over the

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One Productivity Strategy To Rule Them All

This is a reworked and revised version of a post that originally appeared on this blog on February 9th, 2018. It’s still relevant—even more so, in this distraction-filled suddenly-structure-free world we’re in. New Year’s Resolutions are complete crap. They simply do not work. But they’re very tempting. New year, fresh start, no stains on the

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When Your Daily Routines Aren’t There

With the coming lifting of COVID restrictions in our province, plus Canada Day family gatherings, the house cleaning that comes beforehand, month-end tasks, month-start tasks, and a whole lot of new health challenges and appointments that need to be scheduled, my daily routine of writing first thing in the morning, and leaving the afternoon for

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How Do You Know You’re in Flow?

You’ve probably heard before about writers reaching that sublime state of “flow” where nothing exists but the story they’re telling, and they feel a deep satisfaction when they’re done. But if you’ve never reached that state of flow yourself, you might not be sure about what it really means.  I can reach a state of

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