Category: Writing
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How I’m Leveling Up my Writing
In Monday’s post, I talked about leveling up areas of my life. I used fairly broad, vague concepts, so today I want to break down three things I’ve been doing to level up my writing during the pandemic lock down, and three ways how I’m hoping to keep up it in the future. Writing, writing,…
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What I learned during Camp NaNoWriMo (April 2020)
Camp NaNoWriMo, April 2020 edition, wrapped up last week. It’s similar to regular NaNo in November, except during Camp, you set your own writing goal. I set mine low at 30,000 words (compared to the 50,000-word goal during NaNo) because April was supposed to be crazy busy with ministry and life things. But I planned…
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Quarantined Creative
There’s a lot going on these days: Spring is clearly on its way (at least in my little corner of the world); I am in the middle of demolishing my Camp NaNaNoWri (National Novel Writing Month) goal; liturgically, we are in the Easter season; and the Covid-19 Pandemic continues, drastically changing how people live and…
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The Three Month Mark
At the beginning of October, about six months before my thirtieth birthday, I started a six month focus on four goals: Mental/spiritual health Physical health Finances Writing Ultimately, the purpose was two-fold. First, these are practical things to help start my thirties off on the right foot. These benefits are already manifesting in many ways:…
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How I Won NaNoWriMo in 2019
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo, or just NaNo) has just wrapped up for 2019. This annual event see writers from around the world attempt to write 50,000 words in November, or 1,667 words every day for thirty days. This was my fourth time participating, and my third year ‘winning’. I use the words ‘win’ and…
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Never Miss a … Wednesday?
Never miss a Monday. It’s a common (almost clichéd) phrase used particularly in fitness circles, to motivate people to start their week on the right foot, perhaps with a good solid sweat session or healthy meal. The phrase may not apply directly to other goals, but the sentiment does. Start your goals strong to set…
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What I learned doing NaNoWriMo
On Halloween I was like a kid waiting for Christmas. It wasn’t because I love Halloween, or because I was excited to play Christmas carols. It was because National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) started on November 1. During the month of November thousands of people around the world attempt to write a 50,000 word novel…
Lauren van Vliet, author 