Inspiration Ain’t Coming to Rescue You
January 17, 2022When my high school kids used to tell me that they didn’t know what to write about, I would suggest that they just start writing whatever words came into their head. If they couldn’t think of words, they could write “blah” over and over on their paper until something formulated in their minds. Has the blank page in front of you ever frozen your mind? You sit down to write, AND NOTHING. On those days, especially on those days, you need to plod over to your writing desk or area and start writing words. Write about the weather. Write about…
Did You Make a Commitment to Your Goals or Plans?
I had plans last year to participate in National Novel Writing Month. November came and went without a single word written on the project that was brewing in my mind. It was easy to find excuses to “not write:” I…
The Basic Contents of My DIY MFA
In August 2019, I wrote about beginning my MFY as a personal, home-schooled student in an article titled, “Why I’m Jumping on Homeschooling my MFA.” (Click here to read the original article.) In the original article, I discussed why going…
How to Make Your Writing Goals Achievable
You know how it is. The new year rolls around and the pressure to make goals for the new year mounts, but what do we really know about making achievable goals for ourselves? As a teacher, I spent 34 years…
Do More – Talk Less
Before the COVID shut-downs of 2020, the writer’s goal group I belonged to got together to develop and talk about our plans for the year. We started by answering on paper for ourselves several questions the facilitator presented. Then, we…
Happy New Year
I opened the front door on December 31 and let 2021 walk out of my life. What was done was done (or left undone), but what is left to do needs the freedom to get started. I need to get…
How Breaking (Temporarily) From the Writing Life Helped My Writing
The Struggle to Return is Real: The 6 steps I am taking to return to the writing life This article is for those writers who struggle, right now, to get any words on the page, for those writers who find the…
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