writing tips and tricks

Writing tip #2

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Have a Special Place.

This is one that I read from a writing advice book several years ago (I forget the name), and it’s a good one (but it can go wrong too, and I’ll explain how).

A lot of writing is emotional and “vibe-al”, so if the mood isn’t right – well then, that character that we were planning on killing off might just marry the main love interest, or the whole thing might turn into an expose on the private lives of apples.

So, maintaining the right mood is crucial to maintaining the proper flow of the story.

This one messed me up a bit too though, because it made me very inflexible. I had developed the habit of writing out at cafe’s – well, when a global pandemic strikes that can really disrupt your flow.

Even without a pandemic though, if you’re writing in public maybe somebody took that window seat that you really like, or the barista’s are out of the syrup that you always take in your coffee, or that spicy food you ate earlier is just really not sitting right with you and you have to keep packing everything up to use the public restroom.

So, keep your writing space special – but be flexible too. 😀

Ta-ta! 🙂

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Writing Tip #1

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Limit yourself.

Wait, don’t click away yet! This is a really good genuine tip, I promise! Without this tip you won’t be able to accomplish the #1 writing rule.

I’m not saying ‘limit yourself’ as in ‘limit your imagination’ or ‘limit how good your are/can be’.

No.

I mean – Limit Yourself.

Give yourself a SET TIME.

A certain amount of pages.

A minimum (and maximum!) daily word count.

Set. A. Limit. (you can make it the sky if you want!)

Trust me, with this tip you will be able to achieve the #1 writing rule of WRITE EVERY DAY.

Cause, let’s face it – writing every day sounds easy enough (you know, even getting a few words down on the page is good work), but what about when we’re reeeeeally tired? Or, we’ve got too much laundry to do? Or the ideas just aren’t coming?

Well, if you LIMIT YOURSELF – telling yourself that you’ll only write for 20 minutes a day, or 1 page a day, or 500 words a day – then suddenly, that daunting task of putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys) becomes a doable feat.

Even is you only write for 5 minutes, or a single sentence, that’s something and it keeps the momentum going so that when the muse strikes – it will strike a lot sooner and more often if you’ve kept up the daily habit.

Also though – limit yourself on stopping after reaching your maximum word count, page number, time limit. You’ll get a lot more done if you write a little something every day then if you burn out in one intense night (just like with working out, eating right, praying daily or any other habit).

So – let’s make it a HABIT and remember – WRITE DAILY – LIMIT YO’ SELF! 😉

bye 🙂

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