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Salena Godden and I may have a new mantra for creating art.
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Plus... first details about the annual Journey to Jupiter in-person writing retreat.
You KNOW you want to be there... so be there.
#5amWritersClub
How to build MOMENTUM for a successful year
-Repetition
-Asking little & big questions of your work
-Measuring Success
-Celebrating without Slowing Down
#5amWritersClub
DM me for the new Zoom link
Plus... first details about the annual Journey to Jupiter in-person writing retreat.
You KNOW you want to be there... so be there.
#5amWritersClub
How to build MOMENTUM for a successful year
-Repetition
-Asking little & big questions of your work
-Measuring Success
-Celebrating without Slowing Down
#5amWritersClub
DM me for the new Zoom link
How to build MOMENTUM for a successful year
-Repetition
-Asking little & big questions of your work
-Measuring Success
-Celebrating without Slowing Down
#5amWritersClub
DM me for the new Zoom link
♥️Less.
✋🏻Some?
🧠It needs more.
♥️But not with unnecessary fluff. Move on.
✋🏻Gimme something, please.
🧠We haven't fully told the story. We've barely filled the scene.
♥️The reader understands. We shouldn't be working this hard!
✋🏻Kinda like this post?
#5amWritersClub
♥️Less.
✋🏻Some?
🧠It needs more.
♥️But not with unnecessary fluff. Move on.
✋🏻Gimme something, please.
🧠We haven't fully told the story. We've barely filled the scene.
♥️The reader understands. We shouldn't be working this hard!
✋🏻Kinda like this post?
#5amWritersClub
♥️I get it. You wanna write?
🧠Yeah, but... its easier to not bother.
♥️That's no fun. Writing is fun.
🧠Yeah, but–
♥️Hey... don't ever forget: Writing is fun. Doesn't have to be anything else.
🧠 😀
✋🏻Game on!
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♥️I get it. You wanna write?
🧠Yeah, but... its easier to not bother.
♥️That's no fun. Writing is fun.
🧠Yeah, but–
♥️Hey... don't ever forget: Writing is fun. Doesn't have to be anything else.
🧠 😀
✋🏻Game on!
#5amWritersClub
🧠Halleluyah!
♥️Time to finish with the gifts.
🧠Crap!
♥️But we get to write first.
🧠Halleluyah!
♥️Time to finish that synopsis.
🧠AW CRAP!
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🧠Halleluyah!
♥️Time to finish with the gifts.
🧠Crap!
♥️But we get to write first.
🧠Halleluyah!
♥️Time to finish that synopsis.
🧠AW CRAP!
#5amWritersClub
♥️I believe in you.
✋🏻Good luck.
🧠The heroine... no. The night was...
♥️Take your time.
✋🏻You know the story, right?
🧠On a dark desert highway...
♥️That's not–
✋🏻Oh lord.🤦🏻
🧠Who's the MC again?
♥️This may take a while.
✋🏻I'll make more tea.
#5amWritersClub
♥️I believe in you.
✋🏻Good luck.
🧠The heroine... no. The night was...
♥️Take your time.
✋🏻You know the story, right?
🧠On a dark desert highway...
♥️That's not–
✋🏻Oh lord.🤦🏻
🧠Who's the MC again?
♥️This may take a while.
✋🏻I'll make more tea.
#5amWritersClub
♥️Hold on... a few more journal thoughts...
✋🏻We'll be with you in a sec.
🧠... Now?
♥️...
🧠Now??
♥️...
🧠Now???
♥️If you don't mind, I need to SCREAM INTO THE VOID AND CAN'T START THE CREATIVE PART TILL I'M DONE, OK?
🧠Damn.
✋🏻Told you.
#5amWritersClub
♥️Hold on... a few more journal thoughts...
✋🏻We'll be with you in a sec.
🧠... Now?
♥️...
🧠Now??
♥️...
🧠Now???
♥️If you don't mind, I need to SCREAM INTO THE VOID AND CAN'T START THE CREATIVE PART TILL I'M DONE, OK?
🧠Damn.
✋🏻Told you.
#5amWritersClub
Anyhoo, anyone seen my focus? It was here yesterday.
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Anyhoo, anyone seen my focus? It was here yesterday.
#5amWritersClub
🧠What would my MC want for Christmas?
♥️Most of the good stuff is gone.
🧠Are there any gifts in Chapter 6 of my WIP?
♥️You're running out of time.
🧠Time is a plot problem.
♥️Oy, you're your own plot problem.
🤦🏻🎄
#5amWritersClub
🧠What would my MC want for Christmas?
♥️Most of the good stuff is gone.
🧠Are there any gifts in Chapter 6 of my WIP?
♥️You're running out of time.
🧠Time is a plot problem.
♥️Oy, you're your own plot problem.
🤦🏻🎄
#5amWritersClub
🧠Wut?
👀Sweet! It's got scenes just like the ones we wrote.
🧠Come again?
👀Wow. That cool idea we loved... they wrote it much better.
🧠
♥️It'll be ok.
✋🏻
#5amWritersClub
🧠Wut?
👀Sweet! It's got scenes just like the ones we wrote.
🧠Come again?
👀Wow. That cool idea we loved... they wrote it much better.
🧠
♥️It'll be ok.
✋🏻
#5amWritersClub
♥️What about today?
🧠Let's survive today, ok?
♥️Will we be a different person on 1/1?
🧠Same, but new, cool direction.
♥️So, why wait?
🧠Shut up. '26 is our year.
♥️What about today?
✋🏻Today we edit or die!!!
#5amWritersClub
♥️What about today?
🧠Let's survive today, ok?
♥️Will we be a different person on 1/1?
🧠Same, but new, cool direction.
♥️So, why wait?
🧠Shut up. '26 is our year.
♥️What about today?
✋🏻Today we edit or die!!!
#5amWritersClub
🧠It's incomprehensible.
👀We can handle it.
♥️No... yesterday was awful. Please don't.
🧠C'mon, just a few hours of creative work first.
✋🏻
👀... Holy shit...
💔
#5amWritersClub
🧠It's incomprehensible.
👀We can handle it.
♥️No... yesterday was awful. Please don't.
🧠C'mon, just a few hours of creative work first.
✋🏻
👀... Holy shit...
💔
#5amWritersClub
👂🏻Her name is Mariah Carey.
🧠Is she in our book about the Mississippi Blues?
👂🏻No, she sang this Christmas song called–
🧠I KNOW THE SONG! What's it doing here?
👂🏻Living rent free.
🧠Get her out!
🪗Can I help?
🧠It would be a 🎄 miracle!
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👂🏻Her name is Mariah Carey.
🧠Is she in our book about the Mississippi Blues?
👂🏻No, she sang this Christmas song called–
🧠I KNOW THE SONG! What's it doing here?
👂🏻Living rent free.
🧠Get her out!
🪗Can I help?
🧠It would be a 🎄 miracle!
#5amWritersClub
🧠Wha? Who woke me?
👃🏻Did you say something?
🧠Dammit. It's too early.
👃🏻My bad... but don't you get up early to write?
🧠Yeah, but...
👃🏻Well, there you go.
🧠You're not helping.
👃🏻All I'm saying is...
🧠Shut up. ☝🏻👃🏻
✋🏻Uh, we can't type like this.
#5amWritersClub
🧠Wha? Who woke me?
👃🏻Did you say something?
🧠Dammit. It's too early.
👃🏻My bad... but don't you get up early to write?
🧠Yeah, but...
👃🏻Well, there you go.
🧠You're not helping.
👃🏻All I'm saying is...
🧠Shut up. ☝🏻👃🏻
✋🏻Uh, we can't type like this.
#5amWritersClub
♥️You know what the MC is trying to accomplish. Follow your gut.
🧠So many mediocre choices in front of the MC. I'm stuck and uninspired.
✋🏻Hey, what does this DEL button do?
🧠OK, OK, I'LL MAKE A CHOICE.
#5amWritersClub
♥️You know what the MC is trying to accomplish. Follow your gut.
🧠So many mediocre choices in front of the MC. I'm stuck and uninspired.
✋🏻Hey, what does this DEL button do?
🧠OK, OK, I'LL MAKE A CHOICE.
#5amWritersClub
✋🏻No.
👀That news item will incense us. Clicky!
✋🏻No dice. We have work to–
🧠What's going on here?
👀...
🧠
✋🏻I tried to–
🧠Back to the WIP, now!
#5amWritersClub
✋🏻No.
👀That news item will incense us. Clicky!
✋🏻No dice. We have work to–
🧠What's going on here?
👀...
🧠
✋🏻I tried to–
🧠Back to the WIP, now!
#5amWritersClub
♥️No.
✋🏻
🧠That last one was great. They were cooking–
♥️No.
✋🏻We're waiting...
♥️Are the Reels for your WIP?
🧠Maybe...?
✋🏻Can we get a little help, please?
👀We're staying closed until you agree to work.
🧠You're no fun. Fine, let's art.
#5amWritersClub
♥️No.
✋🏻
🧠That last one was great. They were cooking–
♥️No.
✋🏻We're waiting...
♥️Are the Reels for your WIP?
🧠Maybe...?
✋🏻Can we get a little help, please?
👀We're staying closed until you agree to work.
🧠You're no fun. Fine, let's art.
#5amWritersClub
🧠Yeah.
♥️Be kind.
✋🏻The MC and the ally are having their first fight, AGAIN?
🧠Yeah.
♥️Be kind.
✋🏻Wow! How long is this going to... hey, why are we going numb?
♥️I SAID TO BE KIND!
✋🏻Damn, that was cold.
🧠Yeah.
♥️Be kind.
#5amWritersClub
🧠Yeah.
♥️Be kind.
✋🏻The MC and the ally are having their first fight, AGAIN?
🧠Yeah.
♥️Be kind.
✋🏻Wow! How long is this going to... hey, why are we going numb?
♥️I SAID TO BE KIND!
✋🏻Damn, that was cold.
🧠Yeah.
♥️Be kind.
#5amWritersClub
🧠It's still not done.
✋🏻We'll never be "done."
♥️That's a funny attitude. When's the deadline?
✋🏻There's a deadline?
🧠There's always a deadline.
♥️So, it'll be done soon.
🧠✋🏻Bite me!
#5amWritersClub
🧠It's still not done.
✋🏻We'll never be "done."
♥️That's a funny attitude. When's the deadline?
✋🏻There's a deadline?
🧠There's always a deadline.
♥️So, it'll be done soon.
🧠✋🏻Bite me!
#5amWritersClub
Who got Suspense/Thriller as a genre and has never written in that genre? (👈🏻 this guy)
Who keeps looking at the ticking clock with worry and... 💡(👈🏻 this guy)
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Who got Suspense/Thriller as a genre and has never written in that genre? (👈🏻 this guy)
Who keeps looking at the ticking clock with worry and... 💡(👈🏻 this guy)
#5amWritersClub
Today, we're gonna do the same thing as all the other days. Wake up at dawn's crack, drink the magic, and then create more amazing art in the #5amWritersClub.
Any questions? No? Ok, begin...
Today, we're gonna do the same thing as all the other days. Wake up at dawn's crack, drink the magic, and then create more amazing art in the #5amWritersClub.
Any questions? No? Ok, begin...
Hey, are you caffeinated?
Hey, are you medicated?
Hey, are you regulated?
Hey, are you at the desk?
Hey, what are your words awake?
Hey, are you ready?
If you answered "yes" to any of these, you are likely a member of the #5amWritersClub... or you want to be.
Hey, are you caffeinated?
Hey, are you medicated?
Hey, are you regulated?
Hey, are you at the desk?
Hey, what are your words awake?
Hey, are you ready?
If you answered "yes" to any of these, you are likely a member of the #5amWritersClub... or you want to be.
I don't know. First thoughts of the day, so... editing will be fun, right? Write!
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I don't know. First thoughts of the day, so... editing will be fun, right? Write!
#5amWritersClub
Yeah, I got nothing for you, but I'm here and that's enough.
#5amWritersClub, where showing up is the minimum, but the minimum is still okay.
Yeah, I got nothing for you, but I'm here and that's enough.
#5amWritersClub, where showing up is the minimum, but the minimum is still okay.