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Eleven years ago, I spent a week out in spectacular Capitol Reef National Park, hiking day after day with my microcassette recorder, and writing dozens of chapters in HIDDEN EMPIRE, the first volume in my “Saga of Seven Suns” series. It was a terrific way to get real momentum going and to immerse myself in […]

Okay, I won’t make you wait for the rest.  These are the last three of “Kevin’s Eleven” tips to increase your writing productivity.  I hope you’ve found some of them useful, so you can charge ahead and get your novel done in November.  Start revving your creative engines! Productivity Tip #9: Think Outside the Keyboard […]

Are you fired up yet to write your novel in a month?  Need some more suggestions to get the words down and the story told?  Try these two. Productivity Tip #7—KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WRITING & EDITING Write during the writing stage. Edit during the editing stage. Even though both activities involve a writer sitting […]

Writing Productivity Tip #5: Use Every Minute If you think you need large blocks of time to accomplish any writing, then you’re kidding yourself.  One sentence at a time, one paragraph at a time, one page at a time. Sure, we’d all love extended, uninterrupted hours to do nothing but sit and think, to write […]