Category: FOR WRITERS

Everybody says it.  You have to write every day.  Keep a journal. Get a little  book of blank paper that you paid a fortune for, and start doodling in it.  Make one page say WRITE HERE in big, red, 3-D letters and an arrow pointing to a replica of a moon.  Glue sparkles, if needed. Before long you have spent your money and your time without writing a word.  But you are trendy. I am…

Planners Planners like spreadsheets.  Planners like maps.  Planners like yellow markers and index cards. Whether talking about a speech or a vacation, planners like to know where they are going to go, what they are going to do.  They feel better knowing that when they start out, they are pointing in the right direction. Moreover, if you don’t know your exact route, you couldn’t know exactly when you should arrive.  And exactly when you are…

Exactly why should I quit messing around with doing my regular 9 to 5 job, tending the crops, and working at the food bank. This book won’t write itself. I am a writer, after all, therefore I write. Even at the rate of thirty minutes a day, my stuff keeps getting better. That’s it.  That’s really all there is.  Get up earlier.  Write at lunch.  Write every day.  Easy to say, but easier to do…