S.B. Howell

Category: Writing

  • My Current Writing Process (December 2018)

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    I would like to just quickly share with you the way I’ve been writing for the past three months or so… In 2016, I started doing a method where I would just make myself write something for 30 minutes a day. It was really helpful for training myself to be less self-critical and just spit…

  • January Writing Progress

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    So here’s my daily wordcounts for January using the method I talked about here! I missed a couple days when I went to a convention, the Women’s March, didn’t feel like writing on the weekend, or was working on a blog post, but I did hit 10k by the end of the month, so I’m…

  • Productivity Updates – How I’m Writing Every Day

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    I’ve been working on building the habits I started during NaNoWriMo into a daily writing practice and I’d like to show you how I’ve been keeping track of my writing goals for the month of January:

  • Ars longa, Vita Brevis: NaNoWriMo 2016

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    I did NaNoWriMo this year! Well, I participated, at least… I didn’t get to the 50,000 word mark but I did get 10,000 words down. I started off really strong the first day, slowed down on day 2, and then got bogged down for two weeks with Comp Sci homework (and then dropped that class)…

  • Washington Irving’s “Banquet” Approach to Criticism

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    Handling criticism, especially in this age when you can post something online and can be criticized by anyone in the world, is a challenge. A lot of people advocate listening to critic’s complaints to learn how to improve your work, but Washington Irving is humorously, false-apologetically opposed to that line of thought. His kiss-off to…