Making use of a 30-day challenge in my own way as a part of my personal life story. For the fifth time, I have completed NaNoWriMo. For the uninitiated – National Novel Writer’s Month (NaNoWriMo or NaNo) takes place every November. Over the 30 days of the month, you are challenged to write 50,000 words. To many people, this is a daunting challenge. Let’s face it, that’s a lot of words. My previous NaNo accomplishments
Building a Business: Awareness for Artists Starting something new that’s both exciting and scary Several years ago I tried to start a business. I thought it would be great to leverage several of my talents into a paycheck. Off the Compass Solutions came into being. I got all excited about it, built the website, created some flyers, business cards, and worked on pricing schemes. In the process, I developed all the tools to run a
With November in full swing, so too is National Novel Writer’s Month (NaNoWriMo). If you are unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo, it is an annual challenge to write a 50,000-word novelette in 30 days. To help with this process there is a whole website where you can track your progress and receive badges and encouragement for the work you are putting in. Beyond that, there are writing groups that meet in person, on Facebook, and other places
Thoughts on getting inspired and mindfulness when finding and creating things. Sometimes I sit at the keyboard, look at the screen and find words flowing. Other times I sit and ponder. What shall I write? What topics might readers find interesting? Should I play a game on Facebook to clear my head? Go meditate? Play with the cats? Inspiration can strike at any time. For example, the title of this article came to me as
Be mindful that what you write matters. Why you should give consideration to words and phrases you use whether you share your work or not. It is all too easy to fall in love with your words. I know that I have certain words that I use a lot. Some are completely useful to a given text, no matter what genre I am writing in. Some, though, can be borderline superfluous. What words you make
All writing has meaning, but it may not go quite as deep as you think, and only resonate with a few. During my college career, I wound up President of the Drama Club that was not associated with the Theatre Department. In part, this was because I didn’t decide on my theatre major until the end of my freshman year, and in part, because the department was hyper-competitive. During my time with the Drama Club,
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