Sunday, December 30, 2007
December 30th 2007 archive
Here’s a short little article I just published in Cheryl Wright’s Writer2Writer ezine in November on creating a writer’s mission statement.
I’m in the process of getting links together on goal setting, motivation and all that good stuff you need before you venture into writing (or can use a refresher on) to post here daily and thought the mission statement idea was a fab place to start. No use in writing goals if you don’t know why you’re writing…right?
Enjoy….more later, when I finish the 1500 words for the day (currently on 0…lol)
Need Motivation and Focus? The Art of Creating A Writer’s Mission Statement
Sunday, December 30, 2007
Small steps
Today was all about getting a little bit done at a time on the book.
Planned to outline this AM but the lack of motivation got in the way as did a lunch invite from my brother & sister-in-law. Didn’t sit down until about 8pm, intended to outline half of the chapter but managed to get about 1/3 done, which resulted in an 8 page outline.
I’m liking this extended/deep outlining process as it gets all the stuff out and when I write I don’t have any excuse to stop–all my “stuff” is there waiting on me. I started the book this way but meandered down the path of bullet outlines, which slowed down the writing as I had to backtrack and fill in details.
Hey, I’m not complaining. I can probably get a good 20 pages out of those 8 tomorrow (ok, so that’s a lie…maybe just 15ish) and resume outlining tomorrow night. Could be a pattern…
It's pretty simple, really. I'm a writer who loves writing about writing, and sharing all the tricks of the trade with other writers. And when I'm not writing, I'm thinking about writing. I have a hunch you know what I mean :)