A few days ago, I was writing about my word count issues while I sorted it all out in my head and was surprised to find that you all... that is talking out my hangups in writing on the blog is part of my process.
By approaching a problem in the third person, like I am helping someone else over a hurdle or across a pitfall it becomes easier to find a resolution. I know that I have talked about the value of journals before but this is just slightly different.
Start a Writing Blog; drop me a link and I'll read you. But don't give yourself any hard set responsibility to the Blog. Instead, when you come across a problem in your writing, be it for a school project, NaNoWriMo, or that book you have been working on for the last decade and address your hurdle like you are writing an article.
Requirements: Each entry must be 1000 words. Topics can be like "Writing about an Illness", "Writing a Romantic Interlude.", "Getting Past Writers block.", "Why I hate writing in Drafts."
This is in part because as writers we are part of a community, but mostly because as a tool... writing about it forces you to research and researching helps you move on.
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