{"id":1124,"date":"2016-09-28T16:06:17","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T16:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=1124"},"modified":"2016-09-28T16:06:17","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T16:06:17","slug":"writing-prompt-september-28-2016-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=1124","title":{"rendered":"Writing Prompt &#8212; September 28, 2016 Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Writers:<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Oh, you don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re a writer? You&#8217;re just a wannabe? FALSE! If you&#8217;re writing. You&#8217;re a writer. The rest is just gravy. Yes, special sauce, friend. If you let doubt and fear mince words and define who you are, you won&#8217;t reach your goals. So lock that inner editor away and write on!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Heads up: \u00a0Many in our fold have books being released in October and November, so stay tuned for that goodness. Helping fellow authors is part of the job of being a writer. So get ready to read, review, and post about that.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Let&#8217;s do an Autumn Check-Up on your Writing Life:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>1. Are you doing your morning pages?<\/div>\n<div>2. Are you keeping artists dates for yourself?<\/div>\n<div>3. Are you attending literary events (writing cafes count!)<\/div>\n<div>4. Are you keeping the crazymakers at bay?<\/div>\n<div>5. Are you guarding your writing time like a fiery dragon?<\/div>\n<div>6. Are you reading daily?<\/div>\n<div>7. Where are you on your goals?<\/div>\n<div>8. What should you do today to get back on track?<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Do this check up, reassess, and get back to implementing the plan.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And now your moment of Writing Zen:<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cSometimes I feel like relationships consist of telling your same life stories to different people until someone finally appreciates them.\u201d<br \/>\n\u2015\u00a0<a class=\"gmail-authorOrTitle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/3393542.Kate_Rockland\">Kate Rockland<\/a>,\u00a0<span id=\"gmail-quote_book_link_7783949\">Falling Is Like This<\/span><\/div>\n<div>&#8212;<\/p>\n<div class=\"gmail_signature\">\n<p>&#8212;<br \/>\nWhat did you Write today?<br \/>\n~Casz<\/p>\n<p>Casondra Brewster<br \/>\nModerator\/Founder<br \/>\nSno Valley Writes!<br \/>\nHelping Writers Reach New Literary Peaks Since 2008<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org<\/a><br \/>\nCheck us out on Facebook:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SnoValleyWrites\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SnoValleyWrites<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But words are things, and a small drop of ink,<br \/>\nFalling, like dew upon a thought, produces<br \/>\nThat which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think.&#8221; ~ Lord Byron<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Writers: Oh, you don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re a writer? You&#8217;re just a wannabe? FALSE! If you&#8217;re writing. You&#8217;re a writer. The rest is just gravy. Yes, special sauce, friend. If you let doubt and fear mince words and define who you are, you won&#8217;t reach your goals. So lock that inner editor away and write on! &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/?p=1124\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Writing Prompt &#8212; September 28, 2016 Edition<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1124"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1125,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124\/revisions\/1125"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.snovalleywrites.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}