Author name: Leah Cutter

Writing out the day

Today was a great writing day. I got up, ate breakfast, then typed up the story I had finished hand writing yesterday. I finished that around 1 PM, ate a bit, did some grocery shopping, some general goofing off, some running around and some gardening. I journaled a bunch (deep thoughts about Clarion West and

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Well–Duh!

I had a huge insight today regarding the day job. Honestly, I probably should have figured this out before now. But late or not, this has given me a lot to think about. For the day job, I do technical writing. What I just realized is that I spend 80% of my day job in

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Training Jack

At the writing workshop last week one of the things that really stuck with me was that my critical brain needed something to do. Just telling it to go away, not letting those critical voices into the room when I was writing, wasn’t enough. Kris suggested that the job we give that critical brain is

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Home

I’ve been gone for the last week, at an amazing writing workshop. I’m brain dead, exhausted, and struggling to stay awake until 10 PM (I’m afraid if I go to sleep before 10 I’ll wake up at 4.) It was revelatory. Thank you again to Kris for being such an amazing teacher, and to my

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That 77-7-7 meme

Via at least half my FL: “Go to page 77 (or 7) of your current ms. Go to line 7. Copy down the next 7 lines – sentences or paragraphs – and post them as they’re written. No cheating.” From The Raven and the Dancing Tiger: “Ya’ll better get in line early for breakfast,” Jessie’s

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