WritingJourney

  • Back to Scarlett

    Coming back to Scarlett was as easy as breathing. A plan…all that I needed was a plan. And now the plan is done. That’s the thing about wanting something. You try. And then you fail, and you try differently. And what helped before might not help you now, but you keep trying and failing. So…

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  • And then, this happened

    I go slowly. I make compromises with myself. I feel guilty that some days (or even weeks) I cannot bring myself to write… But then I reach a milestone: the first time I have enough revised words to print. And I feel so proud. I did it. It’s here. It’s real. It’s just 8,500 words,…

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  • Blank page

    After months of circling around the idea like a suspicious cat, I bought Scrivener yesterday. Everyone said it was the tool for writers. And still, I resisted for as long as possible (more than a year, to be honest) — partly because I’m stubborn, partly because I thought I could get away with working through…

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