Writing Worksheet Wednesday: Licence to Write

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Writing Worksheet – Licence to Write (PDF)

This is my favourite writing worksheet EVER! It’s easy to compare your efforts to that of great writers and sink into despair, but I recommend that you give yourself a break and find flaws in them instead. Inspired by a famous author who shall remain nameless, this worksheet is a permission slip for imperfection. Fill it out and refer to it in times of need.

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Thank you for your interest in 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖗 — it’s been so motivating!
I stole the idea for the opening of my novel from Marie Corelli’s 𝘈𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘵𝘩. It all begins with an avalanche…
Rather apt, especially when I remember that I thought 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖗 would grow into no more than a short story.
I’m now past the 50K mark. I think I have another 18-20K to type up, and I’m aiming for a final MS of 90-100K.
I’ve posted the first few paragraphs in my story highlight, if you’d like to read it.
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Typing up a novel takes a surprisingly long time.

Typing up a novel takes a surprisingly long time.
Especially when you get distracted by arranging your desk. 🤔☕️
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I had fun putting together this collage sheet with

I had fun putting together this collage sheet with Latin language ephemera. I’ve shared it in the Coterie on my website if you’d like to use it. I thought it might make a nice file folder or TN cover? 🤷‍♀️
I love the look and feel of paper. When we were emptying out my parents’ offices, nothing delighted me more than finding forgotten piles of yellowed copy paper and notepads. I hoard wrinkled tissue paper, and brown paper packaging, and calendar pages. And now, to top it off, I’ve discovered those tiny little vellum booklets on Aliexpress. Help! 😬
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✨🔮 My magical worldbuilding course is OPEN!

✨🔮 My magical worldbuilding course is OPEN!
Follow the link in my bio if you’d like to join. 🖋
This is probably my favourite chapter from the textbook: How to Frankenstein Remarkable Creatures & Aliens - taking inspiration from medieval bestiaries. I want to call it a “monster mönster”. Hehe. 🎃
What are your plans for Halloween / NaNoWriMo Eve?
🕯 I’m thinking of doing some writing by candlelight, but I’m looking for ideas!
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Are you planning to do NaNoWriMo this year? I'm t

Are you planning to do NaNoWriMo this year?
I'm thinking of being a NaNo rebel and working on my WIP, 𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖈𝖐 𝕲𝖗𝖆𝖒𝖒𝖆𝖗.
So much has changed since I posted this Preptober Schedule last year... but my novel has remained my mainstay. 🖤
✨ Also, in case you missed my email last week, my magical WORLDBUILDING COURSE is opening next month! Watch for more announcements, if you're interested. 😊
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"Writing has never been work to me, even when it c

"Writing has never been work to me, even when it comes out badly, I like the action, the sound of the typer, a way to go. And even when I write badly and it comes back, I look at it and I don't mind too much: I've got a chance to improve. There's the matter of staying with it, tapping away, it seems to keep mending together; the mistakes and the good luck until it sounds and reads and feels better. Not that it's important or not important. Just tap tap tap. Of course, in the typing it's good if something comes along that is interesting to say, and such things don't arrive every day. You've got to wait a couple of days sometimes. And you've got to know that the big boys who have been doing it for centuries really haven't done it too well, even though you have copied from them, couldn't have started at any beginning without them, there's still nothing to owe. So, tap tap tap..." - Charles Bukowski to John Martin (January 3, 1982)
I bought this book for a writer friend, but couldn't resist flipping through it myself. It's a collection of letters that Bukowski sent out over the years, mostly in response to submissions & rejections & (heaven help the recipient) requests for bios to accompany his publications.
I don't know that it will teach you much about writing, but it's definitely a fun insight if you like Bukowski.
📚 Do you have any writing books you'd recommend?
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