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March 20, 2020
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing life

Distraction

March 20, 2020
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing life
Distraction

What do you do when you are too distracted to write?

Write anyway.

March 20, 2020
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing life

Tagged: Writing life, Editing, Writing process

January 31, 2020
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Editing

Writing software: One year with ProWritingAid

January 31, 2020
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Editing
Writing software: One year with ProWritingAid

ProWritingAid will help keep mistakes and clumsy wording from getting in the way of your writing. It will focus you on finding better ways to say things, and anyone can use such a push.

January 31, 2020
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Editing

Tagged: ProWritingAid, Software, Editing

December 20, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing process

Writing software: Two years with Scrivener

December 20, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing process
Writing software: Two years with Scrivener

After writing with Scrivener for two years, I recommend it even more highly.

December 20, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing process

Tagged: Scrivener, InDesign, Neyuki, Software

December 6, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing process

Plotting or pantsing?

December 6, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing process
Plotting or pantsing?

I have mostly “pantsed” my novels so far, but would a trilogy require more plotting in advance?

December 6, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing process

Tagged: National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo, Pantsing

November 30, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community

National Novel Writing Month 2019 III

November 30, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community
National Novel Writing Month 2019 III

I won NaNoWriMo 2019, my second win in a row.

November 30, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community

Tagged: National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo

November 15, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community

National Novel Writing Month 2019 II

November 15, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community
National Novel Writing Month 2019 II

I passed the 50,000-word winning point of National Novel Writing Month on day 12.

November 15, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community

Tagged: National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo

November 1, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community

National Novel Writing Month 2019

November 1, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community
National Novel Writing Month 2019

I am feeling both excitement at writing something new (my first new novel since NaNoWriMo last year), and trepidation over whether I can make the story work.

November 1, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community

Tagged: National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo

October 25, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Life in Japan

Cultural appropriation

October 25, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Life in Japan
Cultural appropriation

We write better when we write what we know, but are we limited to only that?

October 25, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Life in Japan

Tagged: Cultural appropriation, Authenticity

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September 30, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community

Writing buddies

September 30, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community
Writing buddies

Perhaps what’s most important in a writing buddy is having someone who shares the same dream.

September 30, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
Writing community

Tagged: Writing buddies, Stephen King, Writing life

September 13, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson

(Un)Inspired

September 13, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
(Un)Inspired

Just write. As the words begin to flow out, the inspiration will finally come.

September 13, 2019
M. Harmon Wilkinson
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