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2019 Goals Recap – Week #7

February 18, 2019 pcmccollum 10 Comments

And the beat(ing) goes on. I did even worse than last week: Only averaged 530 words a day.

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Posted in: 2019 Goals Filed under: cooking, goals, writing

2019 Goals Recap – Week #6

February 11, 2019 pcmccollum 10 Comments

Rough, rough week. I averaged 690 words.

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2019 Goals Recap – Week #5

February 4, 2019 pcmccollum 9 Comments

23,000 words divvied up among six short stories. 14,000 words for the first novel. 3,600 words for the blog. A…

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Growth Mindset and Goals

January 29, 2019 pcmccollum 11 Comments

“Whether you think you can or whether you think you can’t, you’re right.” Henry Ford Your brain is plastic. No, not necessarily made…

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Posted in: Learning How to Learn Fiction Filed under: learninghowtolearnfiction, metalearning, writing

2019 Goals Recap – Week #4

January 27, 2019 pcmccollum 10 Comments

I usually start with the food, but I figure since most of you are probably more interested in the writing…

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Can You Get Better at Art?

January 23, 2019 pcmccollum 7 Comments

“But the artist must employ the symbols in use in his day and nation, to convey his enlarged sense to…

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Posted in: Learning How to Learn Fiction Filed under: learninghowtolearnfiction, metalearning, writing

2019 Goals Recap – Week #3

January 20, 2019 pcmccollum 7 Comments

This week’s recipe can be found here: Hoisin-Glazed Pork Belly and Five Spice Mashed Sweet Potatoes. I left out the…

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Learning How to Learn Fiction – Introduction

January 18, 2019 pcmccollum 10 Comments

This post has been migrated to a permanent page with links to subsequent articles. Go here to check it out!…

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Posted in: Learning How to Learn Fiction Filed under: learning, learninghowtolearnfiction, metacognition, writing, writingtips

2019 Goals Recap – Week #2

January 13, 2019 pcmccollum 6 Comments

Saturday was eaten up by traveling and lots of family time when we visited my parents, so I went for…

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Listening to Your Characters

January 10, 2019 pcmccollum 5 Comments

He wasn’t a smart guy, but he thought he was. And that was the crux. I believed him and tried…

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Posted in: Writing Filed under: amwriting, characters, writingtips

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