Fall into Writing

It's time to get down to writing. No more excuses. The lazy days of summer are over. The kids are back in school. The weather is cooler. We have celebrated the hours women give during childbirth with a three-day weekend of barbecues and cleaning gutters. It's time to get back behind the computer and start being productive.

Fall is the perfect time to refocus. The end-of-the-year is within keyboard-throwing distance so if you haven't made progress on your resolutions, you might want to kick it into high gear now. Writers tend to be sprinters anyway so having a deadline around the corner may be just the ticket to locking those fingers on the keys.

Do you not remember your resolutions? No worries. Make a new one now. You have a three-month chunk of days that can be filled with emptying the cat litter box or sharing your stories with the world. Your choice.

I know I am looking forward to meeting with my MasterMind Group at Writers Who Wine tonight to pledge devotion to my literary goals. It has been a productive year and I just finished some big deadlines. But I am anxious to end on a high note so I want to take some time to decide which projects are most important to me and point myself in that direction.

I couldn't ask for a better group of people to share this rededication. Two will be celebrating book launches and one just signed a contract for her next piece. I know from experience that all that forward momentum is contagious.

If you aren't in the area, feel free to get in on the word pledge action virtually. What are planning to write in the next three months?

Yours in Writing,

Promptmasters

Jennifer Sander

JT Long

PS: If you need some help focusing, space is still available for Fall Write by the Lake retreats.