Last June, I thought to myself — what if we challenged everyone to write a blog post a day for one month. That morphed into something more like what if we challenged everyone to write a blog post a day for a month and turn those posts into a book?
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FRED is the folder for reaching the end of your draft. And he is magical.
This deceptively simple little tool keeps me on track, reminds me that I’m a real writer (when I need that reminder), and makes sure I actually finish my projects. …
A week or so ago, I got on a call with my daughter Adrienne, and Kristen — who manages our projects at Ninja Writers.
And I made a plan for writing in 2022.
Few things.
Last month, for NaNoWriMo, Adrienne and I held a daily one hour sprint on Youtube…
Hello!
I wanted to take a minute today to invite you to come hang out with me on Zoom today (Saturday, October 23.)
The entire Ninja Writers Team will be there. And we’re beyond excited to meet you. We’ll be sharing a brand new project — the Ninja Writers Mastermind.
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Everytime I start to teach a class about plotting a novel, I ask the same question.
Is anyone writing a tragedy?
If I’m teaching teenagers, half of them raise their hands. They all want to be writing something tragic. If I’m teaching adults, one or two might. …
Last week, I wrote about a challenge that my daughter and I are working on. We’ve challenged ourselves to blog every day for the rest of 2021.
We’re a week in, so I thought I’d update.
Sadly, the results are pretty — Meh.
On the one hand, it feels good…
I’ve played the Fame, Fortune, or Freedom game so many times. The one where I ask myself: Which one drives me?
I learned that game from a guru-type guy. I can’t even remember now what the actual goal of the game is. …
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