Don’t stress yourself out - 50 good (emphasis on good) words a day is a perfect goal. It’s still doable on a bad day and on a good day? Add a zero and multiply by 2. Easy.

I started being regularly published when I was 25. I didn't make my first dollar writing until I was 30. I didn't sell my first novel or screenplay until I was 35. Many of you hadn't even heard of anything I'd written until I was over 40.

You have time. There is no expiration date on writers.

In order to write a book, you have to write a book.

New episode of .22 Cents on the Noir-do-well Radio Show going up on #TikTok and #Instagram tonight! Prose available on the website now for the impatient! (noirdowell.ink)
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Out come the pick axes and dynamite to blow that craggy outer jacket of prose to bits. I want that sweet sweet marrow inside.

Then I hate the whole thing. Then I abandon it because art is never finished, only abandoned.

But damn does it feel like I’m mentally dividing by zero sometimes…

What’s your writing process?

I’ve found mine starts with bullet points and ends with cases…haha

But, no, bullet points to paragraphs outlining what the characters are doing / saying then the real work begins.

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"I think the best advice I give is to try not to write. Try not to overwrite, try not to make it sound too good. Just use your own voice. Use your own style of putting it down.” - Elmore Leonard

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