A Writer's Life

I had 2 days off.  I had plans to write.  That didn't happen. I was exhausted.  I managed to blog and that was about it. It is hard to work and write and take care of your family.  It is a balancing act.  Don't beat yourself up.  You are going to have days that you won't be able to write. It doesn't matter who you are.  We all have things that have to come before writing.  That is a fact.  If you don't write one day, the world did not come to an end.  Try to write the next day.  Don't feel guilty or beat yourself up.  Today is a new day. Write something to day.  You are a writer.  Write and move forward.

It is Monday. I had a good writing week.  I wrote for 4 Scenes in longhand last week. This week I want my goal to be 5 scenes written in longhand. I know that it would be easier to just type on the computer, but I am on break or in the truck writing.  I can write fast in longhand and if I make a mistake or want to rewrite somethin, I just cross it out and continue by thought process. It doesn't matter what you use to write, as long as you write everyday.  I have a tendency to write to general.  So with each scene, I take 3 pieces of paper, staple them together and for me, that is one scene.  6 pages,back and front.  So I will continue to write till the pages are fill, won't stop till I do, then when I type them into the computer, It is not just a page or two long scene.  This works for me. I go to work and I have at least 3 sets of paper with me, and that would be 3 scenes.  What are your goals this week?

This is the cover of the book that I am writing now. This is a premade cover.  I purchased it premade book covers   There are a lot of different book covers to choose from.  If I find a cover I like, I will purchase it then when I write the story, I already have the book cover These 4 Book Covers are a Series:  She is working on putting the Titles on and my name I wanted all the covers the same, and just a different Title.  I like buying the premade covers ahead of time.  It inspires me to write and then I don't spend all my time worrying about the cover when I should be writing Do you have your bookcovers? Check out my other Blog

How is your week of writing going.  It is Friday.  What have you done to move your writing career. Yesterday I wrong another scene in long hand.  Today I plan on writing another scene and then chapter one will be done longhand. Then this weekend I will start typing the handwritten pages into the computer.  The part I hate.  I like writing in longhand.  I like writing, but then the work begins when I put it into the computer. What part of writing do you like? Writing? Rewriting? Editing? Writing The Words The End? Writing starts with one word at a time.  Don't have time to write? Write a sentence.  Write a word. Jot down an idea. Do something with your writing everyday and soon you will be writing the words, The End to be published. Today is a new day, forget about yesterday and focus on today. Happy Writing

You only have a sentence or two to catch the readers attention.  Watch any movie and see that something happens in the first few seconds.  You know if you want to watch that movie or not. So what is your opening scene? Open by introducing the main character in her normal world, then BAM something happens to change her world. I wrote the first scene in my novel yesterday at work: Maggie stood on the side of the highway, as cars whizzed by.  "You can do this."  She told herself.  She shifted her backpack..  She focused on the dog that laid in the center lane and then bolted toward the dog, ignoring the traffic, only focusing on the dog. Does this get your attention?  Are you interested in if Maggie gets to the dog or get run over? I wrote the first scene at work yesterday while I was at work.  I have written and rewritten the beginning scene at least five times.  I kept changing the beginning. Now I know this is the scene. If you have been following my blog yo

Do you have problems focusing on your writing My problem is focusing on one story then I get another idea and starting on another.  How do you stay focus. My answer is to work on more than one story then you will never have writer's block While I was at work yesterday I started outlining my fiction novel. Not sure this process will work for everyone.  I don't believe this will work for everyone I write everyday.  I am always writing that is the only way to stay focus on my writing. How do you stay focus on your writing?  I will be outlining the rest of the outline while I am at work. Happy writing

Yesterday's blog listed what I needed to do with all my pages written in long hand. 1.  I typed out my outline.  All 20 Chapters.....If I wasn't sure on all the scenes, I left them blank. I have my plot points and know where I am going and I know the last scene. 2.  I typed in the hand written pages.  This is the first rough draft.  I know that I am going to have to rewrite it, but I need to get something on paper or I will never get it written.  As I am writing, I know that I am finding my voice for this book. 

I am Old School.  I write long hand and then have to type all those pages into the computer. I take my notebook to work.  I write on my lunch and breaks.  This week I was very productive.  I have found my format in which I am going to write my Memoir.  Though it has taken awhile, a few months.  I have decided how to write it.  1.  I have plotted out my Memoir.  What I want to put in and what I want to leave out. I can't put every detail and event in the Memoir. 2.  I found my 3 plot points and know the ending 3.  I have a rough draft of the first three chapters.  Yes, I will have to add detail to them, but I know what I want in those chapters.  So that is 9 scenes written in long hand. For me writing in Longhand lets me be more free and open, because I know that I am going to rewrite all of it.  But it lets my ideas flow and lets me write whatever comes to mind.  I have always written in longhand and it took me awhile to get use to writing on the computer. So what ever

Author's Page February is almost over, how is writing goals?  Meeting your deadlines or word count? This is how my year is going> 1.  I bought a new computer.  Not a fancy computer.  My computer was about ten years old and it was slow and not up today for the internet.  So I have a new computer that is faster.  It doesn't take ten minutes to turn on.  So that is what I did so I can write before I go to work or when I come home. 2.  I have been writing long hand at work.  I have about 20 pages written in longhand.  On my days off I will put them in the computer.  I think better when I write long hand. 3. I am blogging more.  I have my other blog I Am Walking With GOD  which I am also blogging 4.  I have the Zombie Series Me VS Zombies.  Now I feel that I need to write the story of my life.  I have been through a lot.  Writing has kept me sane. So I am working on my life story.  It has taken me about ten rewrites of the beginning to figure out how I want to write

Do you write your story or do you plot it out? Everyone has a different way to write.  There is no right or wrong way.  If you are writing, you are a writer. This is how I am Plotting out my Book I Forgive.  From this Blog Post on, I will be explaining my writing process.  In my book How To Write 12 E-Books In One Year If you want to get your feet wet and write a short story and get it published, this is the way to go. I tell you my process of writing a short story a month for a year. This year, I am writing a 100.000 word novel.  I will be blogging on how I do it, word count and how I find the time to write, while working full time. This is my Simple Plot Outline. Every story has Major Points that move the story forward and changes the characters  This is for 100,000 Word Novel. Plot Point 1 :  Chapter 5 Plot Point 2:  Chapter 10 Plot Point 3 Chapter 15 Dark Moment:  Chapter 18 Resolution:  Chapter 20 For 50,000 Word Novel:  Plot Point 1:  Chap