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Writing The First Draft

This is not another article on how to plot your book or get into your character’s heads. Those are both important and necessary goals, but how YOU get there may have nothing to do with GMC, extensive character interviews, or breaking down your ideas into scenes and sequels. During a recent ‘Chat with Susan Anderson and Caroline Cross,’ Caroline made the comment that writing is about learning the process that works for you and taking ownership of it. Her comment sparked with some thoughts I’d been having lately about the process of writing.

Facing The Doubt Devils

Staying Motivated

I was recently asked during one of the classes on my online writing class group what to do when the doubt devils that plague most writers are validated. Like when you're doubting your ability to ever write a publishable book and get three rejections from different publishers in one day. I'm very familiar with that scenario because it's one I experienced.

Career Planning 5: Staying On Track

This article is the 5th and final in a series covering the necessary steps for creating a career plan for your writing life.

Career Planning 4: Goals

This article is the 4th in a series covering the necessary steps for creating a writer's career plan.

Career Planning 3: The Skeleton

This article is the 3rd in a series covering the necessary steps for creating a career plan.

Career Planning 2: Defining Your vision and Target Market

Part 2 in Lucy Monroe's career planning series for writers.

Career Planning 1: The Preliminaries

This series of articles will cover the necessary steps for creating a career plan. While the focus will be on career planning for the unpublished or newly published author, these concepts taken from the corporate environment lend themselves to those further along in their publishing careers as well.