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[veijukka]

Kicking around ideas for a novel, since it is that month, and I'm not in school, or moving to another country, or doing anything overly complicated at this point in my life. There are no excuses whatsoever for me not to write

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[ssilverfish]

I can't remember if I recommended this book to you when we talked about writing a few months back, but it might be just the thing to get you going: Chapter After Chapter. Her suggestions are practical and the exercises are motivating. One of them, for example, asks you to come up with something like 20-25 books you'd like to write. Pretend someone has offered you a grant to write full time, but only if you can come up with that list. She suggests setting a timer and rattling it off in 10 min, but of course you can take longer if you like. (I put my list together over the course of a day.) You can write a few sentences for each, or just a few words to describe the premise -- whatever makes it distinct for you at this point

[veijukka]

I love your comments. So helpful. It's really nice to have a friend who is just that much further along in this process. I'll look for Chapter by Chapter.

Had a burst of inspiration yesterday that I think I'll be able to work with for Nano. I'm excited about it. I'm veijukka on Nano as well, although I might not make it onto the site much. I imagine with moving you might not have a lot of time for writing this month, either.