As writers we are great at setting writing goals. If we have trouble we have critique groups, forums, challenges, word wars, and accountability buddies to help us.

This week has been especially crazy for me. Dealing with email scam problems has really derailed my writing. I need to get back on track. You can use this opportunity to get back on track with your own writing.

Connie Ragen Green is having a 30 day blogging challenge. There is  a post on her blog, and people are posting on Twitter using the #blog30 hashtag. I’ve caught up now, but I know there will be other distractions before the challenge is over.

EzineArticles is holding another 100 articles in 100 days challenge starting in May. I’m determine to do better this time. I haven’t seen what the prizes are this time, but the real reward is doing more writing and getting your work in front of more people. If you are writing non-fiction to support your fiction (and you should be), look into putting your articles on EZA.

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is the ultimate challenge. Check it out and be ready for November. However, they are in the middle of the Script Frenzy challenge. If scripts are your thing, join now! You may not be able to “win” the challenge, but your script will be further along than when you joined.

Twitter has the hashtag for #writegoal, #writing, #amwriting. Of course there are many more hashtags related to writing, but those are places you can state your goals and be held accountable.

Twitter’s hashtag #wordwar is a great place to find someone to challenge anytime of the day or night. You can set a time limit and compete against someone else or your own personal best.

Of course you can state your writing goals here. I’ll give you encouragement as well as some tools to help you reach those goals.

Whatever you write,

• Leave a comment stating your goals
• Go write!
• Come back and check in with your progress

If there’s enough interest, I’ll start a Ning forum. Can’t do a Facebook group, since I don’t have my account back. (Something else on my to-do list.)

Write on,

Lynn

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Here’s a sample video I made from one of my EZA articles. It took less than 5 minutes to come up with this version.  I did a slight bit of customization. I could do more, or I could use their original version.

They now have a blog with helpful articles which make creating and using videos even easier. One blog post told me how to resize the video so I didn’t lose the right side. You can compare it to the original size Article Video Robot video in this post.

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If you’ve tried AVR and have tips to share, please leave a comment below.

Write on,

Lynn Jordan

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NaNoWriMo 2009 has kicked off. Some people are shooting ahead and some are lagging behind. Whatever your status, just keep going. NaNo is a great way to get some words out of your head and down on your favorite levitra 10mg medium.

The 40 mg zocor NaNoWriMo forums are a great place to get ideas, inspiration, and encouragement. I love the technology forum, since I can always find new toys…I mean tools.

Here purchase cheap viagra online are links to some of them.

NaNoWriMo Report Card for Google docs Save the report card to your google docs. This is a handy way to access your spreadsheet from any location.

NaNoWriMo Report Card for Open Office If you are running Open Office, this report card file is for you.

Standard NaNoWRiMo Report Card for Excel This is from the guy who is kind enough to create a new one every year.

Write or Die website A great website Best online prescription to get you to keep writing. Terrible consequences happen when you stop before you reach your goals.

Now Write or Die has a desktop version. It lets you write while you are off-line. It also lets you challenge others to word wars. Of course you have to be online to issue a challenge. It only costs $10 and is well worth it.

Your internal editor should already be on vacation. He/she/it will have plenty of work after NaNoWriMo is over.

Your internal critic should get lost and stay lost. Your characters’ voices should be the only ones in your head.

No matter what your preferred method, keep putting those words down and moving your story forward.

Drop me a note and tell me about your favorite NaNoWriMo technology.

Write on,

Lynn