I like lists. I like making lists of things to do for the day, the week, the month, the year. Lists of stories I have in various stages of progress. Christmas lists. Lists of meals for the week. Grocery lists. I get so much satisfaction out of crossing completed items off my list that I [...]
Archive for October, 2006
In Praise of Lists
Posted in Uncategorized on October 29, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
The Key to Writing
Posted in Uncategorized on October 8, 2006 | 1 Comment »
All I can say is thank God for my writer’s group and their objective eyes reading my stories. I spent all week immersed in a major rewrite that I thought I had pretty much nailed. Uh, not so much. It turns out there was too much residue left in from the old version and it [...]
Still Filling Pages
Posted in Uncategorized on October 4, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
WRITING ACCOUNTABILITYThe new structure appears to be working. I went to Starbucks on Sunday with my daughter. She did her homework while I did several timed writes, filling at least ten pages in my notebook which is the only point- to just fill up pages.
A few of my favorite books for pulling writing prompts [...]