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The courage you need to write
At first when I started writing I thought it was because I didn’t know that much about the techniques that’s why I was scared. Until I realized that other pro writers where scared.
With every passing day I write . My admiration for the writers that show up to write grows.
Writing is an act of courage. Everyday I have to muster the courage to show up and write.
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You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer – Margaret Atwood.
I write in terror. I have to…

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You fail only if you stop writing.” Ray Bradbury
Progress
Last week I told you about starting Small as a writer. I have consistently been writing for ten minutes everyday.
When I feel tired and overwhelmed, the goal is to show up as a writer and it is not necessary to write a “great” or “perfect” . Doing this reduces the pressure.
I feel more like a writer.
Ray Bradbury
One of Ray Bradbury Advice for young writers and beginners is to start writing a short story every week. I am taking…

I finally solved it!
After trying and failing to build a writing habit.
I asked myself one simple question and you can do it too.
What is the smallest amount of time I can dedicate to writing no matter how bad the day is or how much motivation I lack.”
For me it was ten minutes.
Since I write poetry and short fiction I use
Five minutes – Poetry
Five minutes – Short Fiction
I write in the morning it makes me feel better through the day. And if I ever miss I can make up in the…

Starting Small. Submitting your stories
50/50
This week on Tuesday I started writing using the 50/50 framework to reduce overwhelm and get started.
The 50/50 challenge is a challenge to write fifty words poem and a story.
Most of the problem and feeling comes from not doing the work.
This week I will edit the stories and submit them to literary magazines

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Hi I am Mechi you are getting this email because you subscribed to my website Buildwriting.
A little about me .
I am a writer working on building results and getting out of my head.
I publish and share my findings on my Blog and Podcast.
Every week on Friday I would send you an email with useful writing resources I found and what I have been trying. For now I don’t have a system or framework for the email. I will make one as we progress.
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Short Story in general is any story within 1500 to 15000 words. Anything below could be referred to as flash fiction while above you could call it a novella. The average length of short stories in pages is 3 to 30 pages (single-spaced) while 6 to 60 pages (double-spaced). The length of a short story […]