Okay, I’ve been reading through the comments and Day 10 progress can be divided into two lanes. One lane is brazenly charging forward, determined to get to their destination. And then there’s the defeatist lane, writers complaining that [insert first excuse here] and [insert second excuse here]. “It’s all so hard, you see!” “I’ve run […]

Someone in the comments section asked, “What do we do if we’re way behind?” I’ll tell you what you do. WRITE MORE. One of the things it took me forever to figure out is that writing isn’t always supposed to be fun. Sometimes it’s work. And people don’t like to do work. But if you […]

56 pages in. Who would’ve thought? This weekend, I watched “The Platform.” It’s a movie on Netflix with a clever premise. You agree to be a part of a 6-month experiment and, if you finish, they give you something important you need in life. The catch is you don’t know what the experiment is until […]

48 pages in! It’s likely that you are in one of two mindsets. You’re on that first draft adrenaline rush where you’re writing down anything your imagination can come up with, feeling like a young Tarantino in the process. Or you’re freaking out about the fact that you don’t have nearly as much story as […]

Congratulations to everyone who’s kept up! Even if you haven’t gotten to page 40 yet, good job for staying with the challenge. I’m proud of you. It’s time we got real, though. You’re in the thick of it. Act 2. This is where the big gaps in your story start rearing their ugly head. There […]