One, Weekly Writing Piece

by: Donna Germany

Becoming a writer is just about writing one, weekly piece.  Of course that piece can be a poem, a short story, or a chapter in a book.  Make a poster of the Nike slogan: Just Do IT! Put it where you can see it while you work.  With the new computer programs, anyone can write.  I have been re-reading and reading for the first time, books about writing.  I did receive my interlibrary loan for Dean Koontz’s book How To Write Best-Selling Fiction.   Even though it was published in 1981, he still has great ideas to challenge you to write.  He even talks about getting his new word processor to make his writing easier.  He has a chapter about the changing publishing field, not about the eBooks entering the market but the publishing houses becoming big conglomerates.  But the market is always changing.  I recommend you reading his book, if you can find it.

Some of the other older books on writing tell you to start a notebook with pockets inside to keep the idea for each chapter idea organized.   

You learn to control your creativity. To keep this challenge from becoming a drudgery, try to work on your narrative hooks.  You know those first lines that “hook” the reader into wanting to read on. Or, you can come up with titles.  Choose one word.  Mine is always: Writing (because that is what this blog is about.)  Add word in front of or behind until you have a title.

You get into the habit of making a deadline when you challenge yourself to write one piece a week.  This will be the hardest of all for many full-time employees.  It is for me.

And finally, you can publish your work to a blog site, if you have created one.  There are many places on the internet that have writing challenges.  Fanstory.com, writing.com, fastpencil.com, legendfire.com that offer feedback.  These type groups are helpful to any writing process.  But like all internet creation, they may or may not stand the test of time. If you are interested in the internet writing groups, do a word search on “writing” in any search engine.  ITunes has several productivity sights as well. 

All of these ideas should help you become a writer, one piece at a time.  

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