Writers Block – Wendy Crafton Writes

Stop Avoiding the Why

Day 8 of 2021, and I am not on plan. The very first goal? Write every day at 7pm. I believe I wrote twice at or around 7pm and committed to the full 30minutes. The other 7pm’s in the week fell at the wrong time. I mean, yeah, itwas 7pm eastern standard time, but inContinue reading “Stop Avoiding the Why”

Writer in Progress

My plans for November’s NaNoWriMo fell through quickly. I had planned to continue my draft for “Symbiosis” which already had about 21.5k words from the 2015 NaNo. I had started to pull my ideas together in October but choosing a starting (or restarting) point was far harder than expected. On a whim, I deleted myContinue reading “Writer in Progress”

Double on the Rocks, Please

Are you kidding me? Only 9 days left of NaNoWriMo? This month has flown by and my mind has flown with it. I started out fairly strong with writing, but, well, life happens. I think I skipped out on writing for at least 3-4 days which put me behind in a big way. As ofContinue reading “Double on the Rocks, Please”

Word Count? What Word Count?

Starting NaNoWriMo is easy. Pick a scene you want to write, and write it. Voila! You have your first 1,667 words, maybe more. Maybe your first day was a breeze and you were like \”Pfft, I\’ve so got this!\” Then…. it happens. You wake up the next morning with a cough and a scratchy throat.Continue reading “Word Count? What Word Count?”

And Here.We. Go.

To quote the late, great Heath Ledger in his role as The Joker, \”And here.We. Go.\” If you\’ve seen this line in the movie, then you know he\’s expecting a big explosion and fantastic results, but he is underwhelmed when nothing happens. No explosions. No people scurrying for cover. No chaos. No results. I feelContinue reading “And Here.We. Go.”