Tag: writing
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Habitual
Habit is that thing that you often do without thinking. Often we only think about habit when it is an inconvenience, when it is something that we want to expunge from our life. And while we identify these habits as the obstacles in the way of progress, such as smoking, or such as my pot-a-day…
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A Six-Month Plan
Last year, by September, I had completed six separate drafts. That’s six stories. Two novels; three novellas; one middle-grade book. Six. That’s a lot. And while I have those six stories waiting to be reviewed, revised, edited, and/or rewritten, I am trying to press forward once again to write more fiction outside of that revision…
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The Slow Climb
Three is the start of a streak. As of yesterday, I’ve written fiction three days in a row. Three days is a streak. Each day I’ve written a little more than the day prior. And overall, I’ve written in general every day since the 10th of this month (September), including today. And for me this…
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Writing
Writing is hard. I’ve never said it was easy, but damn, sometimes it is really tough. Frustration is a constant companion along with the general anxiety that permeates my life (and I am sure the life of many writers). I am definitely going through a period of time that I am having more trouble writing…
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The Art of Procrastination
Procrastination is a hard habit to shake. I’ve dealt with it in some form or another for my whole life. Sometimes it is worse than others; sometimes it doesn’t exist. It permeates not only my writing life, but through much in life in general. In part it is a failure of my own abilities to…
Jeremy C Kester 