I’ve been thinking about daily writing goals. There seem to be so many different approaches: write for a minimum of xx minutes write a minimum of xx words the words can be draft the words must be polished I like this quote by Arthur Hailey… I set myself 600 words a day as a minimum…
Writing
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
New story
A new year and a new story. It’s always fun to start something new, but this story in particular is really exciting because I’ve had this idea percolating for over 5 years. I’m not too far into it, because I’m a plotter, so I’ve spent some time over the last 10 days making notes and…
My Excuse Monday
Poking fun at the but in all of us… Reprinted with permission of Sam Morrison
The perils of judging
Okay, I know it says critiquing, but the same goes for judging. It can be so difficult when you judge a contest and the writing is very “new” – we’ve all been there – but you want to inspire and encourage and are desperate to offer sugar with the lemon.