It's that time a year, or rather, it has been that time a year already and I'm just late to the party. Anyways, it's time for recaps and summaries and lists of how things went throughout the year. 2019 wasn't exactly the year I had my big break through, finally sold a ton of short … Continue reading My 2019 as an Author
Category: Writing Journey
Becoming a Professional Writer – The Odds Aren’t as Bad as You Think
A while back I tried to figure out what the chances of actually making it as a writer and turning it into a full time career was. Back then, I did some calculations based on how much money you'd have to make to get by, the yearly library earnings of Danish authors, and the population … Continue reading Becoming a Professional Writer – The Odds Aren’t as Bad as You Think
Fiction Writing Practice – Quality vs. Quantity
Those of you who have been following the blog for a while will know by now that I'm putting a lot of effort into utilizing deliberate practice to improve my fiction writing skills. For the last couple of month I've been focusing on getting my practice time up, going from practicing on average 1.5 hours … Continue reading Fiction Writing Practice – Quality vs. Quantity
Training Stats – June
It seems I've gotten the hang on the quantitative bit of my practice. June proved my best month yet with more than 102 hours of fiction writing practice. I spent more than 69.5 hours reading, more than an hour visualizing stories, and just about 32 hours spent on doing writing exercises or writing stories. However, … Continue reading Training Stats – June
You can Achieve Anything, not Everything
I've been practicing my fiction writing skills for a couple of years now, and though it happens less and less frequently, self-doubt often comes knocking. Is this dream of making a living out of my hobby a vain pursuit? Am I too far behind to catch up to those who've practiced since they were kids? … Continue reading You can Achieve Anything, not Everything
March Stats – Goal Grabbing
So, yeah, I'm kind of bombed. I finally reached my goal of doing, on average, three hours of deliberate practice per day throughout an entire month. I should be happy. I should be smiling all over. I should celebrate achieving one of my major writing goals. And don't me wrong, I am happy. The thing … Continue reading March Stats – Goal Grabbing
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
I'm writing this post because I suffered, to some extent, from the Dunning-Kruger effect in the beginning of my journey towards becoming a professional writer (I still might do, but I'm pretty sure it would be to a much lesser extend). And I think it's worth knowing about this sort of thing if you're … Continue reading The Dunning-Kruger Effect
A Breakup Letter to a Writer’s Block
Below is a link to one of the best blog posts I've read in a while, a breakup letter to a writer's block. On top of that, it's a truly inspiring post that really highlights what it's like to try and grab a hold of that one dream, that one big goal in life that … Continue reading A Breakup Letter to a Writer’s Block
NaNoWriMo Stats
It's time for another stat update, this time for November, NaNoWriMo season. So the stats will be covering one month this time plus to additional days just to get coverage all the way back to the last update. Not surprisingly, I didn't get to spent all that much time on writing exercises during NaNoWriMo. Actually, … Continue reading NaNoWriMo Stats
Practice, Practice, Practice (With Purpose)
The last post was all about how I and most other writers, start out on what many of us hope will one day become a career. This one is about those first stumbling steps we take in our effort to improve our writing, specifically about how I did it and what I do differently now … Continue reading Practice, Practice, Practice (With Purpose)
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