Writing Your Prescription
Our regularly scheduled programming was delayed due to the family stomach flu making its presence known. After a day of being wiped out and generally useless, I figured it was time to talk about medical issues in writing.
Our regularly scheduled programming was delayed due to the family stomach flu making its presence known. After a day of being wiped out and generally useless, I figured it was time to talk about medical issues in writing.
Hey y’all!
I have been expanding my writing repertoire as of late. I am an occasional editorial writer for the Post Register newspaper in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Now I’m expanding out a bit.
Starting with Nashville.
My wife and I had not had an extended getaway from the kids since…ever. We were lucky enough to have help from family to watch the little ones, and we took off to Nashville, TN over Memorial Day Weekend. Once we got there (stupid American Airlines) we had a fantastic time.
Of course, as a writer, I had to take advantage of it. I have been a fan of Lisa T. Bergren’s books since we read them for the CSFF Tour a few years ago. She also has the travel bug, and runs a travel blog, The World Is Calling. She writes it for family getaways, and she is willing to take guest posts.
Using time in the airport while trying to get home (stupid American Airlines), I got started, and between Lisa’s busyness and mine, we were able to connect. My post on our weekend trip to Nashville is now up and live at her blog. Find thrills, chills, and even a cicada encounter in this harrowing tale.
See you on the road!
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Hey y’all!
I have been expanding my writing repertoire as of late. I am an occasional editorial writer for the Post Register newspaper in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Now I’m expanding out a bit.
Starting with Nashville.
My wife and I had not had an extended getaway from the kids since…ever. We were lucky enough to have help from family to watch the little ones, and we took off to Nashville, TN over Memorial Day Weekend. Once we got there (stupid American Airlines) we had a fantastic time.
Of course, as a writer, I had to take advantage of it. I have been a fan of Lisa T. Bergren’s books since we read them for the CSFF Tour a few years ago. She also has the travel bug, and runs a travel blog, The World Is Calling. She writes it for family getaways, and she is willing to take guest posts.
Using time in the airport while trying to get home (stupid American Airlines), I got started, and between Lisa’s busyness and mine, we were able to connect. My post on our weekend trip to Nashville is now up and live at her blog. Find thrills, chills, and even a cicada encounter in this harrowing tale.
See you on the road!
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“Heading” in the right direction? |
Last week the best laid blogging and writing plans were up-ended by crises. Yes, multiple. The different situations are still working themselves out, but some of the consequences are trying to get back to everything.
I’m working on getting regular blog content in here, and missing a week was not in my best-laid plans. Also, I was building up some momentum in my WIP, and it’s thrown me just a little (not as bad as this cowboy though!).
What’s a writer to do?
Get back in the saddle, of course. It is easier for some to pick up where they left off and keep moving. Others have to ease back in. I’ve always struggled with getting back into it if I lose momentum. I lost the last idea I had for a blog post. So as a good writer should, I’m turning THAT into something to write about.
I bet the guy in the picture above sure got on another horse (maybe not that one, but still…). It shouldn’t stop us either. I had a good excuse from last week, but last week is gone, and I can’t use it as an excuse any more. What will get me back in the saddle?
Doing my routine. Get out the cell phone, set the time, and get writing. That turns off the internal editor, and the rules are “NO internet” during this time. It gets me 300-500 words in a 20 minute shot, and that’s more than I’ll get if I putz around, or sit in the dirt feeling sorry for myself.
Besides, if I stay in the dirt, that darn animal might come back for another crack at me.
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What say you? What has thrown you from your game before, and how do you get back up?
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“Heading” in the right direction? |
Last week the best laid blogging and writing plans were up-ended by crises. Yes, multiple. The different situations are still working themselves out, but some of the consequences are trying to get back to everything.
I’m working on getting regular blog content in here, and missing a week was not in my best-laid plans. Also, I was building up some momentum in my WIP, and it’s thrown me just a little (not as bad as this cowboy though!).
What’s a writer to do?
Get back in the saddle, of course. It is easier for some to pick up where they left off and keep moving. Others have to ease back in. I’ve always struggled with getting back into it if I lose momentum. I lost the last idea I had for a blog post. So as a good writer should, I’m turning THAT into something to write about.
I bet the guy in the picture above sure got on another horse (maybe not that one, but still…). It shouldn’t stop us either. I had a good excuse from last week, but last week is gone, and I can’t use it as an excuse any more. What will get me back in the saddle?
Doing my routine. Get out the cell phone, set the time, and get writing. That turns off the internal editor, and the rules are “NO internet” during this time. It gets me 300-500 words in a 20 minute shot, and that’s more than I’ll get if I putz around, or sit in the dirt feeling sorry for myself.
Besides, if I stay in the dirt, that darn animal might come back for another crack at me.
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What say you? What has thrown you from your game before, and how do you get back up?
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Call me Scrooge if you want.
November is the month writers come out of the woodwork, participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo to the uninitiated). It is a great time of fellowship with fellow writers, all encouraging one another to write a 50,000 word novel in one month. There are groups that meet all over the country and internationally. It is a big deal in the writing community.
And I’ve learned I need to sit it out.
…the pace doesn’t allow the new writer to collect himself when the story bogs down, to learn what might be the problem, and to discover how to get out of it.
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