Writers Write, Right?

In addition to writing every day, another tip I really ‘got’ from James Scott Bell during the webinar was his advice to “Write Hot, Revise Cool”.

Write the story with passion.

The same passion you feel when you get hit by ‘the idea’. The same passion that drives you to write in the first place.

What is it about this story that you couldn’t resist? Keep that ‘heat’, the passion, and write fast with that pushing you.

By writing hot, the story will not only drive you, but it will go off in great, and unexpected paths. As a writer, I love it when something pops out of the blue like that.

Next week, I’ll talk about Revising Cool. Until then, here’s the 7EDs week:

Remember, If you want to join in, Place your goal & how you’ll be tracking in the comments. Then, on Mondays, come back and let us know if you achieved it each day.

***I’ll be updating through the day as the dwarves check in.
Snarky – Daily Goal: 1500 words  - Week 1: 3/7 days, can I blame my really bad cold that completely took me out of it

Sunny – Goal: 1 hour   - Week 1: Great Job, 3 of 7 days, Whoot!

Quirky – Goal: 1/2 hour or 3 pages - Week 1: SuperDude. Hitting all 7′s

Wicked – Goal: 1 hour    - Week 1: Doing good at 2\7 with the flu still making the rounds. And, now she gets to move, too, HA! (No, really, she needs sympathy, the poor thing. Gah, moving. Good news, only took 2 days to pack up all them books… But it’s done now, right? Right? LOL. Love you.)

Eerie – Goal: 1 hour    - Week 1: KICKING ASS!!! 22 hours for the week. Can we say Zombies got the groove on? Or maybe he’s just trying to run from them… Hmm, somethin’s working there.

Smokey – Goal: 1 hour    - Week 1: Direct Quote “6-7 hours of cooking this past week–during which I thought about plots, etc.” Mmm…. but yeah, that lunch on Saturday sure was good. I guess we’ll let him off the hook. Just this once…

Hippy – 1 1/2 hours    - Week 1: Kicking butt too, on average 7 for 7. Rock on Hippy

James Scott Bell and The Plan ~ Week 1

So, last week I talked about the new challenge I forced the 7 Evil Dwarves to begin undertaking. Yes, they’re very much in fright of my shiny whip. It’s so pretty…

Oh, back on track.

So, see, a couple weeks ago I had the great pleasure of attending a webinar with the wonderful James Scott Bell through a writing site I’m active in, Savvy Authors.

(Shameless plug: February 14th through 20th, they’re holding a free con – Digicon. Come check it out. Your’s truly is even teaching a workshop about the state of the publishing world and how to figure out which path is right for you

Again, back to the topic on hand. So, this webinar with James Scott Bell.

Now, I admit it. I have 3 of his book about writing. Not only is he talented and succesful, but he has great advice to aspiring authors.

One of the things he talked about in the webinar was how he got there. “Writers Write” is a saying I’ve been hearing a lot lately. To become a successful author, one must write. Then write more. With every written word you hone your craft, learn your voice, and just get better all around.

Many people say an author must write at least 500,000 (yes, that’s half a million) words before they start to get good. It’s part of paying the dues to get to play with the big dogs. (Hopefully I don’t riddle my novels with so many cliches

James Scott Bell advised writing every day. It doesn’t matter what your goal is (though it should not be too big, nor too little, but something manageable).

Why? Because writers write.

So, I whipped my crew into shape and we are on track to write every day.

How did we do week 1?

Here’s the stats:

Remember, If you want to join in, Place your goal & how you’ll be tracking in the comments. Then, on Mondays, come back and let us know if you achieved it each day.

***I’ll be updating through the day as the dwarves check in.
Snarky – Goal: 1500 words  - Week 1: Achieved, Yes!

Sunny – Goal: 1 hour   - Week 1: Super close, 4 hours

Quirky – Goal: 1/2 hour or 3 pages - Week 1: Pending Check in

Wicked – Goal: 1 hour    - Week 1: Between the flu, work and house hunting… But Snarky’s going to corral the muse with her whip

Eerie – Goal: 1 hour    - Week 1: Woo Hoo! 6 out of 7 days, but in total, far exceeded 7 hours. You go Swamp King

Smokey – Goal: 1 hour    - Week 1: Pending Check in

Hippy – 1 1/2 hours    - Week 1: Achieved Awesomeness ! 7 out of 7 days hit goal.