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Morning Pages and Overall Writing Update

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 Yesterday morning, I didn't get to do my morning pages in my journal. It took me forever to wake up, and by the time I was fully awake, my attention got hijacked. I ended up getting dressed, making a breakfast run to McDonald's, then going to work. While there, I got the idea to turn my MP entry into a blog post, and while I was at it give an update on how the whole morning pages thing is going. So I started this post but never finished it. When I got home, I decided to just go ahead and do a journal entry and call it an "afternoon page." But I didn't want to just delete this post; I still wanted to do the update. So here I am, and I've decided to throw in an overall writing update while I'm at it. I'm still going strong as far as doing MPs every day. I haven't missed a single day since I started back in September. That is a real accomplishment for me! But lemme tell ya, the reason I haven't missed is bc I am VERY lenient with myself. Many, ma...
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Writing Notebooks: My history with them, my current setup, and my thought process--Writing Notebook vs. Thinking Book?

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I said I was going to take a break, then I went ahead and jumped into this one! 😂 Stephen King once said something about writing notebooks being a place where "ideas go to die." While I kinda get what he meant--you write something down, but if you never go back to it, the idea dies--I also feel like notebooks are vital to writing. He also said something about "the best ideas stick with you," and that's true to an extent--look at how long I've been working with the same basic idea for my stories!--but when it comes to remembering details, brainstorming, catching scenes and tidbits, stuff like that--you have to have some place to capture those ideas and work thru them. Therefore, no offense to the great King, but I will continue to use a notebook, thank you very much. Having said that, my previous writing notebooks have been hit or miss for various reasons. I'd often overcomplicate them or get hung up on aesthetics vs. function. It took me years to find t...
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Switching to Google Docs for my writing?

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 I recently watched this video  by Sarra Cannon about Google Docs. She's used it for years for her writing and swears by it. After watching this video, I've been seriously considering making the switch from Microslop--I mean Microsoft--Word to this bc it looks so freaking cool, plus it would solve some problems. Why did I just call Microsoft "Microslop"? Bc they have been fixing what was never broken and shoving AI shit into every crevice they can find. They even renamed Office "Microsoft 365 Copilot App." UGH! They had already done away with the "Office" name before this, but no one noticed bc they still used it. But several YouTube videos brought it to my attention, so that's how I know now. It's the height of stupidity! I hate it! You can't even start a new document in Word without that shit popping up. And if you try to turn it off, the next update turns it back on again--IF you get updates. My home computers are Windows 10 and cann...
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