Tag: Writer’s Log
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Writer’s Log: Life is a dance
Two steps forward and one step back It has been a frustrating two weeks. My health continues to challenge me in ways that are not new necessarily but are disheartening to continue to experience. In many ways I am not surprised because I’m recovering from a kidney issue, there was…
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Writer’s Log: Muse Abandonment is a Real Thing
When Muse decides to take a break without any notice In the middle of December, I had the idea for a Christmas story – a mini-sequel to one of my most popular fanfictions which might have heralded an even longer actual sequel. Not only that but it fitted perfectly with…
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Writer’s Log: Looking Forward to 2025
Building on the foundation of 2024 2024 was a bumper year for my writing. I wrote over 100 pieces when I add my business articles, the opinion articles and Writer’s Logs here, the reviews, poems, fiction and fanfiction. Compared to the 7 pieces I managed in 2023 that turnaround is…
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Writer’s Log: 2024 in Review
What did I actually write? Writer’s Log: 2024 in Review And what a year it has been. My final Writer’s Log of 2024 is going to be a fairly traditional look back over my writing in the past 12 months. The numbers will vary a little from those published in…
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Writer’s Log: Storytime’s First Year Review
Has having my own website been worth it? Writer’s Log: The first year of my own website – is it worth it? Last year in December, I set up Storytime as my very own writing website to have a place where I could share my writing. A year on, do I…
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Writer’s Log: A Novel Hangover
After the celebration comes the… It’s been a weird two weeks since I finished the first draft of the novel. On one hand, it feels slightly relieving not to have the pressure of a daily writing target and the pressure of a deadline. On the other, it feels odd not…
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Writer’s Log: Taking a moment to celebrate
93,916 words later. The draft of my novel is complete and today, I am taking a moment to celebrate! I set myself the target of writing it in November and I achieved my target! I am very happy and a touch proud. Admittedly, the last few chapters were hard to…
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Writer’s Log: Novel Tactics
Novels are the marathons of the writing world. I remind myself of this every day because it is easy with a novel to get discouraged because of the sheer number of words between the blank page at day one, and the finished article. Even with a great story in your…
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Writer’s Log: Into November
And into novel writing October seemed never-ending. In some ways that was a good thing, because I really got a lot done especially from a writing perspective, but in others, it felt like November was never going to arrive. In hindsight, that anticipatory feeling was because I had planned…
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Writer’s Log: Who’s driving this plot?
I just ended up pantsing a story Can you fall into pantsing by accident? Pantsing for those who may not know the term is where a writer does not plot their story per se and instead sits down with nothing more than a general sense of what the story is…
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