Tag: Writing Journal
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Not Writing Becomes the Reward of Not Writing
…behavior that gets rewarded tends to get repeated. If you stop writing then you’re kind of rewarding yourself with not writing. -Octavia E. Butler I was half-listening to an old Octavia Butler interview on YouTube when she said the above quote. I had to pause what I was doing and rewind the video to hear…
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Writing Journal: Scheduling Projects
My birthday was last week, and with this new year I want to be more serious about my writing projects. I want to actually finish them. And then I want to do something with them—put them out into the world in whatever way makes the most sense. As I was about to write and schedule…
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Writing Schedules
I was asked recently what my writing schedule looked like. My answer? “Well, I write when I write.” The only consistent writing I’m currently managing is blogging. And by “consistent writing” I mean, I post some kind of blog post every week between here and the main blog. They’re not all fantastic, but they do…
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Writing Journal: Doubting My Work
I want to do something new on Thursdays. I want to share with you my thoughts on writing, mine in particular, challenges, updates on the book I’m working on, etc. I finished writing my first project earlier this year. It’s a tiny book of personal essays. I’d printed a couple copies of the first full…