Katharine's Writer's Block

Alternatives to NANOWRIMO are often just writing marathons or sprints I’ve had a resolution for a couple years to write my novel. I’d get in a few thousand words at best before a mix of life, distractions, or lack of discipline shifted my writing routine to the metaphorical backseat. I’ve wanted to see if participating in the National Novel Writing Month (NANOWRIMO) challenge would help hone my focus and progress but the organization that hosted it since 1999 dissolved in th

One of my Christmas presents in 2024 was a Tome Writing Toolkit , a computer-based and user-customized resource that guides and encourages aspiring writers through the process of novel writing. Three different toolkit options are offered, each with varying levels of feature access, but each offering starts with a quiz that helps tailor the toolkit to meet the user where they are in their writing journey. This may just be me, but just from the first few days with my tooklit, I

In my writing experiences, my stories tend to start with a few ideas. For instance, I want to: set a story in a magical Christmas town. ...

Previous lessons have touched on the foundations of written expression and producing your best work . Now let’s put them into practice! Your writing materials are at the ready! A blank new document on your computer screen awaits your typing touch. A fresh notebook page anticipates the scrawl of your writing utensil. However, your mind is as blank as the canvas you stare at! Your ideas have become elusive butterflies! You keep missing your trains of thought! A pesky voice in