Tag: let the ideas flow
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I DID IT!
When I decided that I would do NaNoWriMo this month, I knew that I had lots of things working for me. I was off and didn’t need to be focusing on working in November. I had an idea that I had been working on in my head for a while. I’d even outlined a concept… Read more
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Can I Write for 24 Hours?
Probably not. But can I try? Sure. Fourteen minutes ago, I clicked on the Zoom link to join the 24-Hour Writing Sprint presented by the London Writers’ Salon. Around the world and at many different times in the day, writers logged in to participate in one hour writing sprint sessions around the clock. I decided… Read more
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This Week’s Theme – Writing While I’m Still Planning
It’s hard to believe that I’m just over a week into NaNoWriMo! I had been feeling like I wasn’t meeting my goals and was disappointed in myself for days that I didn’t write. As I got ready to write this post, I realized that it has been a very productive week and I wasn’t acknowledging… Read more
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Talking About Mental Illness
Yesterday I posted by sixth story on the Deadlines for Writers website. I had a lot of difficulty with this month’s prompt, hysteria. I did a lot of brainstorming and had many different ideas to run with but none seemed to be a story I could figure out enough to write. I think it’s because… Read more
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NaNoWriMo Starts Today!
I first heard about NaNoWriMo about 10 years ago when I was on the Library Board when the Library was organizing activities for participants to stay motivated and have a community to write with. It intrigued me but working full time and everything else I had going on, I couldn’t imagine also writing almost 1,700… Read more
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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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Birthday Reflections
Today is my birthday. I’ve been alive for 52 years as of today. I still do the math when asked how old I am because there’s no part of 52 that makes sense to me. Did I miss my late 30s and 40s because I would swear I’m only 35. (My joints would suggest otherwise.)… 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