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So now what happens next?

As with any good plot–there’s a desire to know what happens next.  Now that you’ve completed 6 weeks of intense writing, what did you learn?  Did you learn how to write fast?  Did you learn how to give your writing an honoured place in your life?  Did you plot better, build character better?  What was …

Week 4: Eyes Forward, Don’t Look Back

Gang of writers!  You are into Week 4 now!  Do not give up.  You will be tempted to read back through what you’ve already written, to see how you’ve been doing…. DON’T!  There lies madness. Hemingway used to have a practice that he would look back only at the last page he wrote before starting …

CBC North interviews Karen Joy Fowler about the Clarion Write-a-thon!

Well, this is freakin’ cool!  Dave White, one of the local broadcasting DJs here at CBC North, asked if he could interview Karen Joy Fowler about this write-a-thon–the VERY ONE YOU ARE DOING.  Yep!  Team Bears Discover Fire gets a shout out even! And two of our writers, besides myself, are from Whitehorse, and this …

What Fire Have You Discovered?

So, we’re nearing the end of WEEK 2!  What FIRE have you discovered, bears?  What kinds of things are astounding you, surprising you, driving you?  What did you find that you never knew you had? Let me know below what kinds of things you’re discovering about yourself as a writer!  Or about your stories?  Where …

When You Lose the Will to Write

Lots of other write-a-thons and timed writing exercises, like three day novels and NANOWRIMO out there, will keep pushing and prodding and cheerleading!  They are getting you through a process, keeping your will strong!  They hope that you don’t ever…slow…down…and possibly have the worst thing happen to you: you lose the will to write.  You …