Motivation Today I’m re-visiting motivation. When I explored motivation in April, I talked about it as a force toward pleasure and away from pain. Motivation came up again when I explored need and talked about Maslow’s pyramid. Today I looked up some definitions and found that motivation is a force that imparts motion as ifContinue reading “Motivation to Wade into Cold Water”
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A Year of Finishing Novels: Surprises & Set-backs
This week was both surprising and challenging. My daily writer’s meditation and novel writing habit almost got me through some very freezing weather and surprise snow, and my feeling of impending doom from world politics. My morning stretching and exercise followed by meditation has really changed my relationship with my body. I’m listening to myContinue reading “A Year of Finishing Novels: Surprises & Set-backs”
A Year of Finishing Novels: Rewards and Celebrations
I tried again to do a Sunday week in review post, and again my work wouldn’t load, so Monday is my Year of Finishing Novels posts day. I am not going to waste time fighting with my internet. My time is for writing novels and reaching my goals. And sharing my progress and what I’mContinue reading “A Year of Finishing Novels: Rewards and Celebrations”
A Year of Finishing Novels: Designing Habits
I wanted to get this post out yesterday for my new habit of Sunday Assessment and Accountability, but my internet was ridiculously slow and not loading the site, then not loading this page, so I stopped trying to force it. There was no point in fighting and making myself miserable when the information is justContinue reading “A Year of Finishing Novels: Designing Habits”
A Year of Finishing Novels: The first tiny steps
For my year of finishing novels, my first step was identifying where I became derailed in the past. I identified three areas where I would like to make changes: 1. Sleep 2. Hormonal Imbalance 3. Priorities. I read books in these three areas and looked for simple steps I could implement right away. Mindset MatchesContinue reading “A Year of Finishing Novels: The first tiny steps”
Writer In Motion: A five week writing and revising challenge
Summer is here. The weather is gorgeous, but sweaty-hot. Levi and I are adjusting though motivationally-challenged. He gets away with napping and bathing all day, but my stories won’t write themselves. So, I found a challenge to keep me working through August. For the next five weeks, starting August 1st, I will be participating inContinue reading “Writer In Motion: A five week writing and revising challenge”
#NaNoWriMo Day 4: Antagonist’s Call to Adventure
Day 4 Word count: 6,350 words Word count goal: 8,000 words Mapping the Hero’s Journey: Call To Adventure Save The Cat: Debate I’m really enjoying meditating on the works of Akiya Kageichi for this project. They are so full of story inspiration. The second top image by Andrew Ferez made me think of the Chekov’sContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Day 4: Antagonist’s Call to Adventure”
Strange Pleasures and Hedonic Motivation
Spring has sprung here in the great Northwest and my interests have turned to fun and joy. Last weekend was all about planting the garden and Monday I inflated my kayak and had the lake all to myself. The inflatable kayak, acquired two years ago, suddenly became a brilliant purchase as the lake (actually aContinue reading “Strange Pleasures and Hedonic Motivation”
Revision: Some great tips on youtube
Hi everyone. Last week, gnlong so kindly shared a link to a youtube video about revision, Novel Revision: Craft a Story Readers Can’t Put Down a presentation by James Scott Bell. It had a lot of good information and tips for revising a manuscript. Surprisingly, the tip I took away from the presentation was toContinue reading “Revision: Some great tips on youtube”
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