 Noticing Newbies: February 08, 2006 Issue [#874] |
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This week: Edited by: laurencia
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Noticing Newbies Newsletter is geared to help members get acquainted with Writing.com -- there is so much do and all the features can be overwhelming! Our goal is to help you make your time here more fun and manageable.
Each week we select and showcase new items (poetry, short story, polls, etc.). Exposure for an item helps to bring you more rates and reviews; and by bringing more member interaction, that will give you the opportunity to build friendships. It is a two way street, so remember to reciprocate reviews.
"There's someone that you haven't already met, go introduce yourself to him or her. Walls and labels can't keep you from the people who are so similar to you in spirit. There's a friendly face behind every door if you pick the right moment to knock. Once you start your wave of creative outreach, it turns into a contagious force. People are waking up and smiling at each other, sharing their dreams without hesitation. This community is worth something."
-- Author Unknown
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Hello Members!
I hope you all, or maybe I should say, I hope most of you are writing productively. I'm afraid I'm in the not-so-productive category, with a few unfinished children stories and the beginning of a novel, collecting spyware. I've been busy with setting up my new website store, so my writing has been neglected. Deciding on a subject to talk about this month was certainly not a problem.
For many writers, Scheduled Writing is a must! Writing on a whim or having your muse in-check whenever your need it is a writer's dream and unfortunately, doesn't work that way...many of us need to write on a schedule.
My eight year old daughter loves computer games, so I have to limit her on how much computer time she has or she wouldn't do anything else, like homework, take a shower, go to bed. I bought a cheap cooking timer at the grocery store and I time her 30 minutes in the morning and at night during weekend days, no computer during the week. I figure, if the timer can work for her, it can work for me.
I have a monthly calendar pinned on the cork board in my office/laundry room. I have written Mon-Fri. "Set Timer". I set a time of 30 minutes to write. Even if I just sit there and look out the window, my butt is in the chair...it's my agreement to myself.
Agreement: Butt in chair, hands on keyboard, set the timer and go. Write down anything, dialogue, ideas for an opening paragraph, character ideas, journal entries. Doodle. Anything. DO NOT CENSOR.
Visit your local grocery store or Walmart and purchase an inexpensive timer and get writing. I'll let you know how my progress is going next month.
Until next time...
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"If I’m writing well, my subconscious is doing it. When I get blocked, it’s the conscious getting in the way—the editor, the judge, the critic—it just squelches the part of me that writes. I’ll rewrite and rewrite and get lost in editing and criticizing the work. Then I start to hate the work and hate myself."
- Melissa Bank
To read the full article, click on the following link from Writer's Digest:
http://www.writersdigest.com/articles/interview/melissa_bank.asp
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 Monthly featured newbies I have personally chosen for your enjoyment:
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Excellent newsletter for us all, Laurencia! It is important to follow the rules for submission, or your work may never even be read!
schipperke
hello Laurencia,
thanks for the informations you have provided here, they are of much use to everyone here on this site. Manuscripts are what a writer needs to be published, and knowing how to write it and which editor may accept it is very important. Competition tips were also useful.
This is so good, you are right.
One must not pospond what he wants to do, he/she must act immediately. And this site is much great and encouraging. As you have said, ther is always something new to discover, and there are more than plenty good writings such as yours to read.
essence of thought
Hello Editor!
As someone who has written for years, although mostly for my own enjoyment, my knowledge on submissions for publications is limited at best. I read with interest your list of things that may be required by publishers, but have questions regarding a couple of those points. Specifically, what should a "query letter" contain? I'm sorry if this is information understood by most, but I'm not sure what is meant. The other point is on The Chicago Manual of Style, with which I am entirely unfamiliar. I will certainly research this on my own, but if you could give any quick direction regarding these guidelines, or perhaps a nudge in the direction they can be found, I would be most thankful!
raymond
The following links will help you:
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http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/cmosfaq/tools.html
Thank you all for your supportive comments!
See you March 8th!
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