by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 17, 2019 | Author Life, First Drafts, Productivity, The Craft of Writing, Writing, Writing Life
Over the last few years, I’ve seen an increasing amount of excitement about writing faster. Even aside from events like NaNoWriMo (where you write 50k in the month of November) the market is crowded with books about writing fast. I searched for “Write...
by Jill Williamson | May 29, 2019 | Creativity, Encouragement, Goals, Productivity, Writing Life
Since I’ve been in grad school, studying to become a certificated elementary school teacher, I’ve been growing more familiar with a wide variety of children’s books. I recently stumbled onto one that I just had to share with you all. It’s...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 28, 2019 | Productivity, Writing
Stephanie here. I’m away for the next couple of weeks, so I’m pulling a post from the archives for you all. If you’re doing the 100-for-100, today is day 8! Keep it up! Earlier this week, I followed a link to an article called something like,...
by Jill Williamson | May 22, 2019 | Author Life, Brainstorming, Goals, Productivity, Writing, Writing Life
So last week I was all: “I haven’t been able to write at all. School is keeping me busy, and there is just no time to fit it in right now.” Well, it’s amazing what a difference a week can make! As I was drowning in homework last week, I...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 20, 2019 | 100-for-100, Author Life, Encouragement, Goals, Productivity, Writing, Writing Life
Today is the beginning of the 100 words for 100 days challenge and you absolutely MUST be signed up by the end of today if you want to participate. Here’s the link to the post with details and the sign up form, and here’s a link to go straight to the form...
by Shannon Dittemore | Apr 12, 2019 | Author Life, Creativity, Mailbag, Productivity
Today’s question comes from Rachel and it’s a good one. You can definitely feel her angst and, boy, can I relate. I just feel so stuck. Why is writing so stupidly hard now?I’ve never written an editable book before, so I keep second guessing myself....
