This week, I’m recommending a book to all those tired and bedraggled writers who are now more than two-thirds of the way through National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo). If you need balm for your weary souls, this is it: If You Want to Write, by Brenda Ueland. This book was first published in 1938, [...]
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writer’s bookshelf: if you want to write by brenda ueland
November 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Uncategorized, book review, procrastination, productivity, writing process
Identity crisis at The Productive Writer
July 10th, 2008 · No Comments · general, motivation
As soon as I chose the domain name (theproductivewriter.com), I started second-guessing myself. Productive? Is that my primary goal? I mean, what about “daring” or “dangerous” or “exuberant” or any number of other funky adjectives (I’m a writer, I know adjectives). And if I’m not churning out 1500 words a day (or 500, or 200, [...]
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