Tag: writing advice
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The Timing is Perfect
Wasn’t I just talking about this? About my recently relearning to write by hand rather than doing everything on the computer? In a post featured on The Passive Voice, linking to a blog on selfpublishingadvice.org, writer T E Shepherd describes how he prefers to write the first draft of his books out by hand. He…
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Oh, Outlines…
Why don’t I outline? Maybe it’s the days I spent writing essays in school. All that prep work for a measly 500-word essay. I sneeze out 500 words anymore. Yet I remember spending days doing research, putting notes down on index cards (3 X 5 as they had to be), then outlining. Oh, how I…
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Live the Process
Lean manufacturing. Six Sigma process analysis. 5S. The Toyota methodologies. Fancy lingo used only in the business world, right? One might be inclined to think so. Living as a manufacturing manager, my life is often littered with instances of these very concepts being enforced. When some of the more exuberant coaches come forward, they will…
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A Week of Words
I’ve written every day since 2/2 this year. My per day average was just a smidge over 1500 words. All of this was thanks to the little rule I implemented. Then yesterday happened. I wrote 0. Nothing. Nada. Part of me wants so badly to piss on myself about it, to tell me that I…
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100 Words
That’s it. 100 words. In the grand scheme of my life, that is about 2 to 5 minutes of my time. I waste plenty more than that in the course of a day. Everything from playing games on my phone to blindly surfing the internet. I waste a ton of time. So yesterday I made…
Jeremy C Kester 