Tagged: Productivity

How to Write Fast

How to Write Fast

Image by this is your brain on lithium via Flickr   I’m going to write this post in 20 minutes. Being able to write fast is a crucial skill for writers of every stripe,...

NaNoWriMo Interview: Amanda Kendle

NaNoWriMo Interview: Amanda Kendle

Amanda Kendle is an Australian travel writer who dreams of becoming a published fiction writer. Perhaps that’s why she called her blog and exercise in creative procrastination Becoming a Fiction Writer – but then,...

NaNoWriMo Interview: Jon Strother

NaNoWriMo Interview: Jon Strother

Jon Strother (“jstro” on NaNoWriMo’s site) is a government employee who writes across several genres – science fiction, fantasy, romance, as well as non-fiction science papers and technical writing. He has participated in NaNoWriMo...

How to Pull Yourself Over the Hump

How to Pull Yourself Over the Hump

Image by slack12 via Flickr There comes a time in nearly every big writing project when you just can’t seem to move forward. Maybe you’ve written yourself into a corner and aren’t sure how...

NaNoWriMo Interview: Sonja Faust

NaNoWriMo Interview: Sonja Faust

Sonja Faust is a romance writer living in North Carolina. This year she’ll do NaNoWriMo for the fifth time, after completing the challenge successfully twice. She’s published two short stories, “Love in Shadow” and...

How to Achieve Your Writing Goal Every Day

How to Achieve Your Writing Goal Every Day

  Image by churl via Flickr It’s November and for thousands of writers, that means National Novel Writing Month (or “NaNoWriMo”) a grueling exercise in creativity and self-discipline with the goal of creating a...

How to Set SMART Writing Goals

How to Set SMART Writing Goals

One of the most important things writers (or anyone) can do is set clear, explicit goals about what they want to accomplish. Most of us have a bunch of vague goals, like the “one...