Daily Discipline

November Hodgepodge – Being a Writer

November 11, 2012
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Don’t, please, get precious about your working methods. . . . The more you humor your inadequacies by compensating with phony environment, the tougher your work will become. You have to be in a mood. I grant that. But if you haven’t the understanding of yourself to be in any mood when you wish –…

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NaNoWriMo – A Literary Feast of Fools?

October 8, 2012
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What is NaNoWriMo? A great surge of literary energy? Or a Feast of Fools? From their website: National Novel Writing Month is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to novel writing. Participants begin writing November 1. The goal is to write a 175-page (50,000-word) novel by midnight, November 30. In 2011, NaNoWriMo claimed 256,618 participants and 36,843…

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Daily Discipline – The Shadow of the Writer on the Keyboard

September 19, 2012
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Here are six of my favorite motivational tips for writers. At its best, writing is a daily habit. You are at your desk, on time, each day. You turn in work on schedule – lots of it. Not surprisingly, you get regular checks in the mail: book royalties and payments for articles, columns, short stories,…

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