Tag: brainstorm
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Hysteria
No. Not me. Not yet, anyway. I’ve been trying to get my November Deadlines for Writers story done this week. It’s not due until November 6th but since I’m getting ready to start NaNoWriMo on Friday, I think it’s better to not have to add these 1,200 words to the 50,000 already on the calendar.… Read more
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Retreat Reflections
My first ever DIY Writing Retreat is over and I’m very positively surprised how much I got done, how quickly the time went and how much I enjoyed the weekend! When we last talked on Friday, I had decided what should be part of the day and had a template schedule. Before I went to… Read more
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DIY Writing Retreat
I’m still sitting with feeling that I’m not accomplishing enough (check out my prior posts on Chevrons of Doom and What Do You Need Right Now? to catch up) and what has been pushed aside is my creative writing, Since it’s the creative writing that I’m theoretically organizing the rest of my life around, not… Read more
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So Many Thoughts, So Little Time
As I wrap up another week, I still can’t believe how busy I am now that I’m not working. I’m not saying that I didn’t do a lot of things during the workday when I was working but there’s a certain tunnel vision that is necessary in a job with specific tasks that need to… Read more
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In My Day, You Just Had to Know Things
If you’ve read the title and assume I’m going to date myself, you would be correct. As much as I try to imagine that I’m still young and adjusting to changes as though I’m in my thirties. I am not. I can remember feeling like the most disadvantaged child because my parents never bought the… Read more
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It’s Deadline Day!
I thought I best let you know how the three days to deadline writing worked out. (But if you haven’t read my post One Deadline Started it All, the short version is that three days before the Deadlines for Writers deadline, I decided I didn’t like the stories I had written and started from scratch.)… Read more
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One Deadline Started It All
I told you earlier about stumbling across the site Deadlines for Writers and how it inspired me to start writing. What I didn’t tell you is that the first story I wrote back in June was the first story I have ever published (okay, uploaded to a website). What I didn’t tell you was that… Read more