Writing Prompts

Writing Prompts

Writing Goals vs Systems vs Projects, Update and Writing Prompts

Update
When you are writing consistently everyday. There are days it feels like you are not moving forward. It looks like it’s better not to write. I am experiencing those days.
This what progress looks like
As regards submitting for feedback I will timeblock time for that else I will never do it.
Writing Goals,Systems and Projects
I used to think of goals and talked about them as a young writer.
There is nothing wrong with that
Year after year I set my new year’s resolution . It felt like…

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Why I failed Writing? Writing Prompts and A Quote for the week

The feeling of showing up and Starting Small
After trying and failing to write consistently I figured out some of the mistakes I made when trying to build a writing routine.
I will share them with you in this newsletter.
Starting Too Big
One of the mistakes I made was trying to write in big hours because when I read interviews of famous writers and all the people I admired . They said they wrote for 3 to 6 hours a day.
When I started building up from small.
I saw what the problem was.
Showing…

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Why you write? A writing prompt from Kazuo Ishiguro and a Book recommender

How are you doing with your writing?
This week we start from the beginning
Why do we write?
Every writer has a reason for writing. For some they were experimenting ,others it is a calling , a voice that won’t let go.
Here are ten quotes from famous writers on why writers write:
1. “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” – Anaïs Nin
2. “I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.” – Joss…

Writing Prompts

A quick writing prompt

A quick writing prompt for you.
When you are stuck on what to write for short fiction, what you could do is use the cycle approach.
Usually the first and last time we do something comes with conflict.
For example,
The last time a character saw his Dad.
The last time they could see.
It is the end of an era and the beginning of another.
Same goes for the first time.
The first time I remember losing my way.
What can you do?
Use your story to write flash nonfiction.
Pick inspiration from your…

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