Tag Archives: Work Ethic

Writing: 2011: A year to write

Frankly, my writing goals for 2011 are not much different from my writing goals for 2010 with perhaps the exception that I’ve taken on another project besides the Eagle Stone in an effort to get something going. Really, all I want for 2011 is to establish a regular routine of writing that produces some volume […] Continue reading

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Writing: 2011: A year to write

Frankly, my writing goals for 2011 are not much different from my writing goals for 2010 with perhaps the exception that I’ve taken on another project besides the Eagle Stone in an effort to get something going. Really, all I want for 2011 is to establish a regular routine of writing that produces some volume […] Continue reading

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Writing: NaNoWriMo Preview: Getting it done

In the end, every successful writer finds his or her own way to solve the problems associated with writing. They find their own sources of ideas, their own way to develop their ideas, their own pace, even their own places to write the best. Yet the thing they all share in common is actually doing […] Continue reading

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Writing: NaNoWriMo Preview: Don’t be afraid to write crap

If you’re writing for perfection, you’re writing to fail. Perfection is what editing is for. While writing is a different process for every writer, my style seems to be to create first drafts that are more like skeletal remains (premains?) that finished works. They’re a lot like a T-101 from the movie the Terminator, a […] Continue reading

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Writing: NaNoWriMo Preview: Work ethic

Another question that people who are not writing yet tend to ask writers is something along the lines of, “How do you do it?” “Do what?” I usually ask, to which they respond, “You know, write.” Well, my years of experience tell the that, in order to write, you have to, well, write. It’s really […] Continue reading

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