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Halfway Through Nanowrimo

#amwriting, #becomingunstuck, #Nano22, #nanowrimo, blog, creative time, making the time, point of view, shitty first draft, writing

I don’t need to write in a straight line. I can draft a chapter from later in the sequence, with some confidence that it won’t all be headed for the compost heap ...
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Use Your Words Your Way

#amwriting, #AnneLamott, #becomingunstuck, #BrendaUeland, blog, craft of writing, finding your voice, self-confidence, shitty first draft, writer voice

Just like parents comparing themselves to Instagram-perfect mommy bloggers, writers do themselves harm comparing themselves to the stars-du-jour in their genre ...
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Get Yourself Ready for Nano 2022

#amwriting, #becomingunstuck, #nanowrimo, A M Carley, Anne Lamott, blog, Emily X.R. Pan, Lemony Snicket, making the time, Nano Prep, Roxane Gay, shitty first draft, Thanksgiving, writing

Nano’s annual energy surge is available to writers of many stripes. You don’t have to be starting a novel (and you don’t even need to be a novelist) ...
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Support Your Creativity with Lists

blog, creativity tools, done lists, dopamine squirts, FLOAT, list items, making lists, Rick Hanson, Ron Siegel, stretch goals, to-do lists

There is satisfaction in finishing a list item, and it’s too easy to hurry past that moment without enjoying it and taking it in. It’s worthwhile to pause ...
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New Habits for Old People

#amwriting, Aging and creativity, blog, daily qi, habit change, happiness, lifetime qi, traditional chinese medicine

Changing habits is hard because of our default neurology. Change can happen, though, and more easily if we’re changing in the direction of a better life ...
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