Living Lightly in The Woods
Rather than talking again about how I haven’t written properly for a couple months … because … well … you know … life. Work has been extremely busy and I find myself too exhausted for my imagination to kick in. Wait! That’s a lie! My imagination kicks in as I’m trying to fall asleep. For … Keep reading…
Well this has been a few interesting weeks in my writing fiction life and many lessons have been learned. Before I get into the things I was unprepared for, I must make a confession: I just started writing my story. That’s right! I had no idea where I was going with it … well, not … Keep reading…
I think I can officially call myself a writer now! I’ve had my book keep me up at night as it played out scenes in my head. Allow me to back up a bit … Sunday night I got online with a few writer girlfriends. We are all working on writing projects – I’m the … Keep reading…
So far through this novel writing experience I find myself continuing to fall into two traps: not making the time to write consistently and writing myself into corners. I know my solution to the first trap: choose to make it more of a priority. Writing myself into corners seems to be a little bit trickier … Keep reading…
I didn’t want to write another post about not writing and how okay that is … sometimes. So, I had to actually get myself writing! One thing I’ve discovered is that I’m really good at talking about writing and learning about writing – and I’ve been crap at actually DOING the WRITING! Eventually though … … Keep reading…
Well, I didn’t get as much writing done as I’d hoped to last week (un-productivity). I’m not sure if I’m okay with that or if I’d prefer to be disappointed with myself. So, I’ll write it out here and see where I land! On Sunday I gave myself some false hope with a solid two … Keep reading…
Procrastination & Plot Lines I mentioned in my last (the first) post that when I started writing this novel, I sat down and 5 1/2 chapters spilled out of me. Well, now that I’m picking up the story 3 years later, it seems I have some thinking to do. It’s clear I have the beginning … Keep reading…
What is The Sticky Keyboard? The Sticky Keyboard is my place to record my writing experience. I’m interested to see what my writing process really is vs. what it’s supposed to be or how it’s supposed to go. My target is to write my account of this process openly and honestly; the Sticky Keyboard is … Keep reading…