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This week, I’m sharing writing rituals to get you started, ways to find your natural sustainable writing pace, and more!
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Writing Rituals To Try When You Can’t Get Started
Have you ever wanted to sit down and write, but your focus was shot and you just kept dithering instead?
One shortcut many writers have found that works for them is the use of writing rituals. Nearly all of us have them, but sometimes what we’ve been doing stops working or we think we’ve moved past them, and need to revisit them.
Author Spotlight: Jonathan Pembroke
Today’s Author Spotlight guest is Jonathan Pembroke!
Reader and writer of odd fantasy. Contrary to popular belief, he is not an insane robot … yet.
He’s sharing writing tips and more!
Week In Review: October 8th
Making sure you never miss a blogpost, podcast, video, or event with Morgan at it!
This week, I’m sharing the why I ❤ writing, how I almost flubbed my logline, livestreamed query rewrites w/my friend Patrick, and an interview with emerging Portuguese SciFi author Bruno Martins Soares!
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How To Save a Fizzled First Draft
Last year, I ‘won’ NaNoWriMo, but my story had veered off course. I tried to push through to an ending, but by the end of March, it was so far off from where I wanted it to be, I knew I was fighting a losing battle.
Now, not all stories that go off course are wrong. Sometimes the story takes the lead and brings you to better things than you ever expected.
But, for me? This wasn’t the story I wanted to tell.
So, I set it aside, polished some rough drafted short stories, beta-read for some friends, and read a lot of books. I gave my story breathing room to percolate in my head and I waited til now to pull this technique out of my toolbox.
