Writers, I am so stupidly excited to share my newest writing resource with you: Four Weeks to Your Best NaNoWriMo. This Preptober workbook is 60+ pages of writing exercises, creative brainstorming worksheets, and more to help you prepare for National Novel Writing Month! In just 15 minutes a day ...
Creating a Minimalist Outline in Scrivener
I'm doing Camp NaNoWriMo this month (hopefully more consistently than in April), and the whole idea behind writing success and the concept of NaNo and best practices for "winning" has me obsessing over one question: What if you aren't a Plotter or a Pantser? I think we can get so caught up in ...
Help! I’m a George R.R. Martin, or How to Conquer Gardener Writing
DISCLOSURE: THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. READ THE FINE PRINT. Have you ever had one of those moments when you read something and immediately think, "Oh, that is totally me?" Recently, I had this experience (who else had never heard of gardener writing?), and it might just change how I ...
Why I Switched Back to Writing with Scrivener… Again
Hello, friends! Let's talk about writing with Scrivener for a bit, shall we? Writers seem to either love Scrivener or they hate it, and I'm going to guess that the ones who hate it also don't feel comfortable using it. When I first downloaded a trial version of Scrivener, I used it on and off for a ...
How to Trick Your Brain into Writing on Your Schedule
DISCLOSURE: THIS POST MAY CONTAIN AFFILIATE LINKS. READ THE FINE PRINT. Hello, fellow heroines (and heroes!). We're halfway through January. How are your writing goals going? I set a goal for myself to write 5,000 words each week, and I'm doing pretty well with it. (I had minor hiccups with a pipe ...