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		<title>Three Great Writing Finds</title>
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Having trouble finding your muse?  I&#8217;ve recently discovered three great writing sites that I&#8217;d like to share.
Story Fix is written by Larry Brooks, a fellow writer at Blogging Tips.  Larry will help you keep your dream real by offering concrete advice dealing with writing and the world of getting published.
Next in the lineup is Mary DeMuth: Relevant Blog.  Mary is a published author with many great insights.
And third is an article The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Authors.  A lot of great tips there about getting your butt planted in ...]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-350" title="images" src="http://pattistafford.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/images.jpg" alt="images" width="150" height="89" />Having trouble finding your muse?  I&#8217;ve recently discovered three great writing sites that I&#8217;d like to share.</p>
<p><a href="http://storyfix.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;"><span style="text-decoration: none;">Story Fix</span></span></a> is written by <a href="http://www.bloggingtips.com/author/storyfixer/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Larry Brooks, a fellow writer at Blogging Tips</span></a>.  Larry will help you keep your dream real by offering concrete advice dealing with writing and the world of getting published.</p>
<p>Next in the lineup is <a href="http://relevantblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Mary DeMuth: Relevant Blog</span></a>.  Mary is a published author with many great insights.</p>
<p>And third is an article <a href="http://www.irenegoodman.com/articles.php" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Authors</span></a>.  A lot of great tips there about getting your butt planted in the writers chair and making it happen.</p>
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		<title>Wednesday Writing Sprint</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Patti Stafford</dc:creator>
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Each Wednesday a small group of writers devote the day to writing. It&#8217;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&#8217;s often difficult to schedule a chunk of time each day for personal writing. We keep making plans to do it, keep telling ourselves to ...]]></description>
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<p><img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-347" title="quillpen" src="http://pattistafford.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/quillpen-230x300.jpg" alt="quillpen" width="230" height="300" />Each Wednesday a small group of writers devote the day to writing. It&#8217;s not a massive spree like the <a href="http://millithornton.blogspot.com/2009/06/10k-day-rules-of-game.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #ff0000;">10K Day</span></a>, this is just about setting time aside each week to devote to your craft.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s often difficult to schedule a chunk of time each day for personal writing. We keep making plans to do it, keep telling ourselves to do it, but something always comes up. Setting aside a whole day just for personal writing projects works better because you can plan for it and make preparations. You can schedule other work for another time so you aren&#8217;t leaving any clients in limbo.</p>
<p>Make it a part of your weekly work schedule and I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll not only have a good time and feel good about finally spending time with your personal writing, you&#8217;ll also make progress.</p>
<p>If you would like to participate, we have opened a public access board in our writer&#8217;s group so you can share your progress while joining in on the <a href="http://writersupportgroup.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wednesdaysprints" target="_blank">Wednesday Writing Sprint</a>.</p>
<p>Hope to see you there!</p>
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