Borrowed from: https://www.facebook.com/grammarly
Take some time to write something that you have been afraid to write, that something that has been on your mind but you just couldn’t bring yourself to put it down on paper. Write it! Make a note in your phone! Let whatever it is go and let it be what it wants to be! See if you feel any differently when it is done.
In the US, we are celebrating our Declaration of Independence… the moment when this country decided to stand on its own two feet.
What does independence mean for you? When is your Independence day?
Take some time to write out your thoughts… in the format most comfortable to you.
a (1) : not subject to control by others : self-governing (2) :not affiliated with a larger controlling unit <an independentbookstore>
b (1) : not requiring or relying on something else : not contingent <an independent conclusion> (2) : not looking to others for one’s opinions or for guidance in conduct (3) : not bound by or committed to a political party
c (1) : not requiring or relying on others (as for care or livelihood) <independent of her parents> (2) : being enough to free one from the necessity of working for a living <a person of independent means>
d : showing a desire for freedom <an independent manner>
I am a firm believer in everyone needing a happy place. We all need a place that we can go to when life & reality get to be too much.
Take some time snd write about your happy place. Use what ever format & style that works best for you. If you can, start a new journal or notebook with this piece. Whenever you feel the need, you can go back to it & the write away the stress, pain, or worry.
Hope everyone is getting off to a great start this year. I know I am!
I have published my first personal project and I am so excited! This is the novel I wrote during National Novel Writing Month.
Check out the first chapter here, on my personal blog.
It is available in paperback for $12 via Createspace.
It is also available for Kindle and Nook.
So, what am I up to now… not resting of course. I am working on publishing the third project from Turtleberry Press, which is my second novel. I am also writing. I feel like I am on a roll and I am going to ride it until the wheels fall off!
My track coach said you don’t slow up until the finish line is behind you.
So I clocked in 53,952 words and finished at 4pm today.
The big thing for me is that I set a goal and I saw it through. I am so motivated right now to keep writing. I am thinking of another goal to set. I mean, I know I can do it now so I should keep at it.
Isn’t that how it works?
I know there is now editing and then doing my own layout work… I am my own worst customer… but let me celebrate this moment right now.
There doesn’t have to be a worldwide movement for you to challenge yourself. You don’t have to write a novel.
Set a goal.
Give yourself a time frame.
Work hard to meet it.
And most of all… remember to surprise yourself!!!
In honor of the end of the month… write first about setting goals… then write about the feeling you get when you reach them.
Happy Writing!
Give yourself some time today. Write for six separate 10 minute sessions. Try not to do them back to back. Put at the very least thirty minutes in between the sessions, and hour or two would be better.
Write about what the holiday season means to you. It can be any big holidays that you celebrate. If you don’t celebrate holidays, write about how other people’s holiday season affects you.
Each session should inform the next, but try and take things in a totally different direction each time. Use your favorite format or however can best allow you express what you need to express.
Happy Writing!
Write in a form you typically do not write in. Step out of your comfort zone. If you write long epic poems, pen your thoughts in a haiku. If you write fiction, write a short memoir piece. If you write non-fiction, exercise your imagination in a short story.
Need a topic: pigs flying
(This topic in honor of the fact that I may actually finish a novella during nanowrimo!)
Happy Writing!
Explain/describe an emotion without using the name of the emotion. For example if you are describing anger, you would find every way you can describe it with out using the words anger or angry.
Happy Writing!
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