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Diaries, Journals, Notebooks. What’s the difference?

/ Creativity, Discipline & Motivation, Technology, Tools & AI / 5 minutes of reading

“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say.” ― Flannery O’Connor From <https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/315733-i-write-because-i-don-t-know-what-i-think-until> There’s a lot of hype around journal-writing for authors.  Julia Cameron, in The Artist’s Way, calls journaling ‘Morning Pages’ and credits them with nothing short of creative miracles. In the early twentieth century, authors and writers […]

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How Really Long Writing Sessions Benefit Your Writing

/ Discipline & Motivation, Prolificacy, Scheduling & Tracking, Technology, Tools & AI / 9 minutes of reading

Most of us are time crunched, and squeeze in 30 minute or one hour writing dashes one or more times a day, getting books written in increments. And this is absolutely a fantastic way to write in the cracks and margins of you day and still have a life. But. There are some serious side

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A More Deadly Weapon Against Distractions

/ Creativity, Discipline & Motivation, Prolificacy, Stoicism & Perspective / 2 minutes of reading

Just a quick post this week.  I’m getting back into the working groove and suddenly becoming (re)aware of the plethora of distractions that can lure you away from your manuscript–especially when you’re working at home, which is pretty much all of us right now. When you’re at home, you don’t have people looking over your

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15 Things I Wish I’d Known About Full Time Writing When I First Started Writing (2018 Edition)

/ Creativity, Discipline & Motivation, Stoicism & Perspective / 14 minutes of reading

I was tickled pink when James Scott Bell, writing guru and suspense author, and also one of my professional heroes, wrote a post a few days ago, “What I Wish I’d Known When I Started Writing”. He starts the post with: Next year will be my 24th as a professional writer. So I knew I

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