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Poetry Marathon and a writing tool I use

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How are you doing today?
In this newsletter is a challenge and a tool
Challenge
If you like poetry and would love a writing challenge you should sign up for The Poetry Marathon Challenge.
The goal is to write a poem every hour.
The challenge broken down into two
Full Marathon 24 hours
Half marathon 12 hours
Check the poetry marathon website for more details.
I will be participating in the challenge this year.
This year’s Poetry Marathon is fast approaching. It officially starts on September…

Writing Prompts

Writing Goals vs Systems vs Projects, Update and Writing Prompts

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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…

Writing Prompts

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

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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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Lessons after 30 days of writing. Quinthirty and the missing link

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My phone was faulty on Sunday. For the day I thought I would go phone less. But it was a minor software issue. The phone repairer fixed it by flashing my phone.
Lessons after 30 days of writing?
Writing for thirty minutes everyday is really good. I have learnt a lot and made some mistakes.
After thirty days I wrote a total of 14,580 words . Well the word count was not part of the goal. But it is a great bonus.
How many days did you miss?
I missed a total of seven days.
Doing this challenge I…

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3 Mistakes i made learning to write

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Are you learning to write on your own?
I have been there . Yes I haven’t figured it out but it would have been faster if not for these mistakes I made.
Over the last five years while learning to write I have made these mistakes that slowed me down and almost discouraged me from ever trying to write.
Mistake 1 Postponing writing until you are good.
While learning to write . Watching videos.
Taking courses I did not write because I felt I should become better before I write.
It is only looking…

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When will you be ready to write?

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When will you be ready to write?
Done is better than perfect. you can only do so much as your skill permits for now.
When I look back at what I wrote five years ago I am shocked to see that I would write such trash. My eyes have opened.
When you write consistently you track your progress. You begin to see how your work changes over time.
I had this feeling (as stupid as it sounds ) that one day out of nowhere the stories would come rushing down and I would write in impeccable English.
So I…

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I have a custom writing challenge

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Update
I went through some of the poems and stories I wrote during the April Daily writing challenge.
The writing is crap but there is glitter of light in them . With editing I can make that light shine.
Lesson learnt: You can never edit a blank page.
Experiments
I have been stagnant for too long around my writing. I want to hone my craft to the extent where I can boldly say I am a writer and have my works to show for it. ( Published or Not)
I am going into a custom writing challenge.
I call…

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