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[13 Oct 2009 | Comments | ]

Wednesday Writing Sprint:
Each Wednesday a small group of writers devote the day to writing. It’s not a massive spree like the 10K Day, this is just about setting time aside each week to devote to your craft.
The time can be spent outlining characters, plots, scenes, etc. or it can be spent using it for a writing marathon. The focus is to simply devote more time to your writing.
It’s often difficult to schedule a chunk of time each day for personal writing. We keep making plans to do it, keep telling …

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[16 Sep 2009 | Comments | ]
Fear of Writing Course

The Fear of Writing Online Creative Writing Course is FUN!
Excerpts from the Fear of Writing website. © Milli Thornton, author of Fear of Writing (for writers and closet writers) and owner of the Fear of Writing Online Creative Writing Course.
This course happens in two parts. 
Part I is about liberating your creativity, with plenty of supervision and support. Part II, the graduate section, is full of articles, assignments and motivation for you to continue writing—along with help to become more self-suffieicnt, to help make sure you’ll contine writing when the course is …

10K Day, 10K Writer's Day, Fear of Writing »

[14 Sep 2009 | Comments | ]

If you’d like to join us for one of this month’s 10K Days—Thursday, September 17 or Saturday the 26th—you can start by posting your RSVP in the Comments section at the Fear of Writing 10K RSVP page.
Please specify which day you’ll be attending.
You can also check the 10K Day Guidelines for more information.
Hope to see you there!
Fear of Writing will continue to host both a Thurdsay 10K Day and a Saturday 10K Day as long as they remain active. Only you can keep them alive by participating and having fun …

10K Day, Fear of Writing »

[11 Aug 2009 | Comments | ]

What is this sixteen I speak of? Writers of course. That’s how many writers have sent their RSVP in for this Thursday’s 10K Day!
Will you be there?
10K Days are fun and productive. This is a day writers  set aside and shoot for writing 10,000 words in one day. Steep? A bit. Achievable? Absolutely, we’ve had many writers surpass the word count.
But, it’s NOT just about the word count. It’s about the love of your craft, coming together with other writers for the day and sharing the whole experience.
If you’d like …