Category: Writing Life

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  My Best Writing Year Ever: How I Wrote 609,548 Words in One Year

  Michael D. Young explains the tracking system, routines, small writing sessions, and persistence that helped him write 609,548 words in… Read more.

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  Writing Motivation: How to Keep Going When the Words Come Slowly

  Practical ways to keep writing when motivation fades, including specific goals, progress tracking, external accountability, and easier starts. Read more.

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  How Writers Can Prevent Data Loss: Lessons from a Hard-Drive Crash

  A hard-drive failure taught Michael D. Young why writers need multiple verified backups, version history, and protection for every publishing… Read more.

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  How I Wrote 50,000 Words in Seventeen Days

  Michael D. Young explains how planning, a 9,424-word sprint, protected writing time, and a next-draft list helped him write 50,000… Read more.

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  Why Write? Six Reasons to Become a Writer

  Six enduring reasons to become a writer, from creative freedom and flexible practice to serving readers and building a creative… Read more.

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  How to Celebrate Other Writers Without Comparing Yourself

  Practical ways to handle comparison, learn from another writer’s success, measure your own progress, and contribute to a healthier creative… Read more.

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  Three Lessons from My First Book Signing

  Michael D. Young shares three lessons from early book signings about reader assumptions, valuing creative work, and finding the ideal… Read more.

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  Aspiring Authors: What to Do After You Finish a Manuscript

  A step-by-step guide for aspiring authors after finishing a manuscript, from revision and beta readers to editing, querying, and independent… Read more.

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  Critique Circle Review: How Online Critique Exchanges Work

  How reciprocal online critique exchanges work, what writers can learn by giving feedback, and how to evaluate comments without obeying… Read more.

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  What Happens After a Publisher Accepts Your Book?

  A practical overview of the stages after a publisher accepts a book, including contracts, editing, covers, proofs, advance copies, metadata,… Read more.