by Lindsay Harrel | Oct 12, 2011 | Faith
I’ve always prided myself on having killer time management skills. I love to use lists, calendars, and basically any other tool to help me in my somewhat-neurotic pursuit of discipline. I start off listing everything I want to accomplish: in life, that week, that day....
by Lindsay Harrel | Oct 3, 2011 | Other
The process of writing can be many things…fun, torturous, humbling, energizing, inspiring, etc. Even though it’s easy for doubt to take hold while I’m writing, for the most part, the good things about writing outweigh the bad. For me, the writing...
by Lindsay Harrel | Sep 13, 2011 | Other
Just a follow-up to my post on August 30 about whether or not to outline: I came across the following article in Writer’s Digest about some of the best methods to outline. It’s a good, educational read for those of us who have been trying to figure it out...
by Lindsay Harrel | Sep 7, 2011 | Other
So here we are, more than a week after I’ve written my novel’s outline and I’ve only written a few pages of my novel–and they’re not stellar, let me tell you. I’ve found the most effective way to write is to initially just get the...
by Lindsay Harrel | Aug 31, 2011 | Other
I’m finished. For days, weeks, months, I’ve been dreaming up this story in my head. And finally, the basics are down on paper. My story outline is finished. I can now begin writing the story itself. Some people might argue that an outline is unnecessary,...
