30 Days to First Draft

This week, I'm approaching the end of a writing marathon for my 365 Adventures in Writing and Entrepreneurship... 

 

2015 is Authorpreneur Almanac 


 

Why wait for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)? There's no rule that says the only time you can try to write a novel in a month must be November.

I knew that August would be a fairly quiet month for me and I really want to get the last book in the Sheridan and Blake Adventure Series written so I set myself the challenge of completing the first draft of 'Garbriel's Game, Part 2: The Black Knight' by the end of August.

The first part of the final book in the series, 'Garbriel's Game, Part 1: The White Queen' came out a few weeks ago.

Read more on the blog on my website: 

30 Days to First Draft

I share my 9 top tips to get that first draft written in a month - Why is August a better time than November? ... a bonus extra day in August!

 As I approach the end of the month, I must confess, I am behind on my word count but I'm quietly confident that I can finish the first draft of 'Garbriel's Game, Part 2: The Black Knight' at the start of September and I'll be very happy with that!

Here are a couple of quotes from the book:

What helps you to get that first draft written? 

Please share your tips in the comments.

4 Quotes About Creativity and Other Inspiration

In February, I published a post all about lists:

http://ideaism.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/list-lists-lovely-lists-readers-choice.html


I'm a big fan of lists, they help me to organise and sort through my ideas, to keep up the momentum for my Authorpreneur Almanac

 2015 is Authorpreneur Almanac year. 

Join me in my 365 Adventures in Writing and Entrepreneurship...

I've already published one of the items on my list of lists - List of book marketing activities:

http://ideaism.blogspot.co.uk/2015/02/45-ways-to-market-your-book.html

This week I'm drawing inspiration from another item on my list of lists: List of favourite quotes

As a writer, I love the power and complexity of words. It's incredible to think that with 24 letters, expressed in an infinite combination, we can describe the complexity of human emotion and experience.  

When I'm stuck for inspiration, need a pick-me-up, some motivation or just for something to make me smile, I often turn to quotations.

I have a Pinterest board of inspiration and collect quotes there among other things:

Follow Amy Morse - Authorpreneur's board Inspire me on Pinterest.    

There are also lots of websites of quotations. One I use relatively regularly is:

http://www.quotationspage.com/

This site has a really useful 'search by subject' section.

There are so many great quotes I could list. Instead, 

I've just picked four to share on creativity:

 
(Who knew Wesley Crusher was so philosophical?)

Which quotes inspire you?