100 Words of Writing Advice from Carrie Vittitoe, Blog Editor

Type.
Think.
Type again. 
Delete, delete, delete.
Type.
Delete, delete, delete.
Ask “Why am I even doing this?”
Fold laundry. 
Take a walk.
Have a brilliant idea.
Forget the brilliant idea. 
Take a shower.
Remember the brilliant idea.
Type, type. 
Delete.
Go to bed.

Eight hours later–

Take a sip of tea.
Read yesterday’s words. 
Delete.
Type, type. 
Think.
Sigh. 

Two weeks later–

Type, type, type. 
Delete. 
Think.
Email writing group: “Would you read this?”
Wait.

Delete, delete.
Type, type, type, type, type, type. 
Make dinner.
Watch a show.
Read before bed.

Type, type.
Submit.
Wait.
Repeat forever and ever.

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Carrie Vittitoe is a part-time English and social studies teacher, a freelance writer who has been published in several Louisville, Kentucky-based publications, a writing and editorial consultant for several nonprofits and small businesses, and a podcast co-host of The Perks of Being a Book Lover. But her favorite grind is being a mom to three children, a position she’s written about extensively at her blog, Mood-Disordered Mama.

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