Curation Corner: Wealth of Writer’s Digest Freebies

As I cruised the Writer’s Digest website for other resources, I came across this page of free downloads. [Signing up for their newsletter is requested, however.]

Some of the topics:

— Cheat Sheets for NaNoWriMo 

— Plot Development: Charts and Tips for Outlining and Plotting a Novel 1

— 4 Amateur Mistakes Every Writer Should Avoid

Hope these help.

Goodwill words: Sending a little reassurance

Keeping up with my monthly challenge of eight letters, minimum.

There have been requests for cards, as well, so I’ll be digging into my page-a-day calendars and my photos to doll up those selections a bit.

Challenge for me: Just keeping an organized workspace to make the composition process seamless.

As you can tell by my occasional cross-outs, etc., I’m clearly working from the school of ‘better done than perfect’, but still, if I could remove additional distractions, that would make this an even more enjoyable project.

Thanks for visiting.

A link to the gallery of notes and letters.

Curation Corner: Considering NANOWRIMO?

Further affirming a recent post‘s message…

Writer’s Digest offers this PDF of 30 writing prompts and six essays of advice and inspiration to help veterans and newbies get the most out of the annual challenge.

Hope it helps.

Goodwill words: Doling out deserved props.

Keeping up the goodwill words momentum. I see it as a way to volunteer without leaving home.

Favorite sites for those interested in trying this out: More Love Letters and Love For Our Elders

Thanks for visiting.

I am always happy to steer you to letter-writing destinations and resources on the Web. Just let me know what you need. Comments welcome.

Goodwill words: Sending support to a fan of nature and baking

Time to return from a layoff from posting letters and notes. (It helps to inspire my own goodwill words routines.)

Favorite sites: More Love Letters and Love For Our Elders

Thanks for visiting.

I am always happy to steer you to letter-writing destinations and resources on the Web. Just let me know what you need. Comments welcome.

Write something! said my previous post. So I did…

So I was assembling photos of my dogs…

The images seemed to ‘speak to me’. And I found myself smiling every time I worked on the project. So, I figured, why not take the extra step and make it a New York Times best seller?

Getting these 39 pages into Kindle format is a complete headache, so for the time being, the $2 masterpiece is being sold here.

Here are two sample pages…

Curation Corner: Write something.

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WRITE SOMETHING

Write.

Improve.

Post.

Repeat process.

Do this enough and you can overcome your fear of writing, which is a most accurate explanation for ‘writer’s block’.

Thank you, Seth Godin. Here is his ‘Top 100’.

More Seth Godin posts about writing and creating…

** Advice for Authors

** You Should Write an Ebook

** Quieting the Lizard Brain

Goodwill words: She should write a book!

As mentioned in my previous post, I really liked that quote at the top of the letter. It seems to fit the purposes of these letters.

In this case, I suggested with sincerity that Mary write a short book.

She definitely would have plenty to share.

Favorite sites: More Love Letters and Love For Our Elders

Thanks for visiting.

I am always happy to steer you to letter-writing destinations and resources on the Web. Just let me know what you need. Comments welcome.

Goodwill Words: A mini-course

Invitation: Join my Goodwill Words writing project.

Why? To support and reassure deserving (and appreciative) folks.

What’s my first step? Sign up for the free Write a Letter–Change a Life mini-course.

Mini-course contents:

— A drafting process I frequently use.

— A brainstormed list of opening lines, helpful words/phrases, and closings to guide you through your first letter.

— Strategies to stay inspired and focused.

— An ever-growing gallery of letters I’ve written. Use these as springboards for your own work.

— A list of benefits for Goodwill Words writers.

— A favorite destination for your first ‘change a life’ letter.

Get inspired.

Grab a pencil/keyboard.

Go for broke!