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Wading into NaNoWriMo (aka National Novel Writing Month) By Beth Daniels, aka Beth Henderson, J.B. Dane and Nied Darnell

Welcome to November, the month when many of us take the plunge and dive…or wade…into a manuscript that we “swear” (on a stack of Webster’s and Roget’s) will be at least 50,000 words long. It may be a complete book. It may be the start of one or the close of one if a longer …

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Create Comfortably: 5 Steps to Find Your Ideal Writing Space by Mary DeSantis

Writing is tough. Rough drafts are even tougher. You’re creating something from scratch—pulling it out of your imagination and making it real on the page. Maybe you have an outline or some genre expectations to follow, but really, it’s like cooking without a recipe. You just have to throw things in the pot and rely …

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The Importance of Setting Boundaries for Optimal Success by Irene Roth

Successful working writers need to develop two different kinds of boundaries. We need to create physical and mental boundaries. In this article, I will discuss both and the importance of each for writers. I will also explore tips on how you can set concrete boundaries in your writing life, regardless of what else is going …

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5 Steps to Staying Creative During a Crisis by Micah McGuire

2020 will be remembered as a year of crisis. We’re all functioning under an immense amount of stress: a particularly nasty, exogenous type of stress that’s difficult to fight because we have so little control over it. And as any creative knows, nothing kills off creativity like stress. Which means for writers, 2020 is a …