StorytimeWednesday

  Writing Distractions   What are the most distracting items that every writer deals with and how to solve them in order to get as much writing done as possible?   Each of these items are what usually happens when you sit down at your computer or laptop, then immediately get distracted from your goals of writing for that timeframe. 1)       Social Media Do you schedule writing time only to get distracted by checking your email, or some form of social media account? If so, stop it! Turn off all internet access during the scheduled time you are supposed to write. That means turn off your phone, unplug your laptop or computer from the internet or better yet get a separate laptop that doesn’t touch the internet and use that system for your writing.   If you can’t afford to buy another laptop them down load an app that turns off your social media and blocks it for a specific period of time. Like Freedom, Self-Control or Stay focused. 2) ...

  Secrets to Writing Better stories Every one thinks that writing is as easy as a piece of cake, unfortunately, those who think that have never written an article, or even a book to know or understand how difficult it can be to string words together that make sense and tell a story at the same time. Writing a story is the hardest thing of all. To come up with characters with good names, a back story and a goal within the story is really the hardest of all, besides the overall story itself. Then you have to string out that story with an antagonist and a protagonist that reaches 120,000 words to fill the pages of a book. If your really good you can write the movie script to tell the story which is only about 100 pages long. Either way, the concept of telling the story is the pinnacle of writing first and foremost and that can take up to a few years, or only a few months, depending on how good you are as a writer.   I’ve written several books in my career, my first one took 6 m...

 Key to why you should be Journaling  As a storyteller you always have ideas floating around in your head, but never seem to remember them when you are able to sit down and start writing. That’s where journaling comes in handy. Never leave home without some form of notebook in your bag or pocket. I have two types of journals, a larger one for when just sitting at my desk and something pops into my mind and I want to jot it down. The smaller one has two purposes, first as a journal for quick notes and the other is sketching/watercolor pieces that I want to paint later. Either way I am always prepared to ensure I don’t miss a thought or a painting idea. The large one measures 7 x 6 and the smaller one measures 5.5 x 3.5. Journaling has many purposes, lets go over the many concept ideas I have as to why you should journal. 1)       Data Dump from your mind. When you feel like you have a million ideas, storylines or plots floating in your head and you ...