Last week we talked about how to give yourself points for writing and writing-related activities, track them on a spreadsheet, and evaluate your progress. This week I thought I’d show you how I tracked progress for a writing challenge I did with my friends. Again, I’m a huge Excel fan, so I put everything into [...]

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The topic of “word points” is one I’ve been meaning to bring up for weeks. Thanks, Stephanie, for writing on it so I could remember I wanted to discuss it, too! Several of you have asked about how we track the points and what values we assign. THIS IS COMPLETELY UP TO YOU! But here [...]

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Introductory note: The NaNoWriMo race is on and Karen Wiesner is back to help us reach the finish line of a 50,000 word novel by the end of the month. She’ll be with us every Tuesday in November to offer advice based on her books First Draft in 30 Days and From First Draft to [...]

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