Dear Creative Writer,
Below you will find the following:
- An article that recounts a few key learnings while writing the first draft of my dark fantasy novel over 230 days of live streaming.
- New livestreams!
- WriteNow announcements, live poll, and invites...
Learnings from 235 of 366 writing live streams
Wow, I wrote a 140k rough draft over 200 writing sprints, averaging roughly 30 minutes each over the past 235 consecutive writing streams. I’ve learned a lot! I figured I’d share some key learnings with you...
- CONSISTENCY for the win (I know, I put the obvious one first, but just by showing up every day, I’ve proven to myself I’m capable of publishing a book)
- COMMUNITY BEATS writer’s block: there were at least 30 days I didn’t feel like writing, and over half of those days, my writing community inspired me to create more than I expected going into the writing sprints.
- ROUGH DRAFT expectations: Many writers get tripped up at different parts of the story development process (especially during the rough draft). I was successful by allowing myself to make mistakes, have fun, and create a system for how much I allowed myself to edit or rewrite during the first draft.
- WRITING SPRINT routine: this is the first time I’ve had to use writing sprints since I had to make my writing work as a livestream experience. Writing sprints created a great system of routine.
- LOVE the process: I enjoy brainstorming, writing, and editing because I respect the entire process and have figured out how to have fun at each step.
- STUDENT of writing: I’ve chatted with over 1,000 writers in the past eight months. I always see unpublished writers struggling with the same things: writer’s block, inconsistency, lack of skill building, frustration, etc. I realized I just had to have CLEAR EXPECTATIONS for the process and what the end result meant for me to circumvent many of these issues.
When: Saturday, August 24
Time: 1:00 p.m. (PT) / 4:00 p.m. (ET)
Details: Do you have a great idea for a story bouncing around in your head, or do you need help fleshing out one you're already working on? Join us as we deep-dive into what makes a great story idea and how we know which ideas are worth investing YEARS of our lives into!
- Explore what makes a great story idea for a short story, book, graphic novel, or script
- Pitch different story ideas to vote on
- Help WriteNow community members flesh out ideas for their stories
- Join our WriteNow community on the stream!
Do you have a great idea that you want to see if others like it or need help fleshing it out? SUBMIT HERE
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How I turned myself into an Author brand
When: Sunday, August 25
Time: 1:00 p.m. (PT) / 4:00 p.m. (ET)
Details: Are you trying to figure out how to create a brand that will promote YOU and sell YOUR books?
Join Kauffman as he sits down with Author and Youtuber Rella B. to chat about embodying a brand, promoting oneself, and connecting with the right audience.
It's time to learn how to Create Write Now!
WriteNow Announcements
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- New livestream writing shows (have an idea for a show? Let's create and produce it together)
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Specialty Writing Events coming soon!
We have a lot of new events scheduled over the coming months. There will be returning guest authors, writing brand streams, a fiction contest, Nanowrimo community prep, another Write-A-Thon, and much more!
Thanks for reading!
Until next time...
-Kauffman & The WriteNow Community
