Inner critics are those lovely creatures that often tell us exactly what they think. When it comes to your own writing, listening to a harsh inner critic isn’t necessarily a good thing, but sometimes good things can come from reasoning.
NaNoWriMo is an adventure that every writer, every author should attempt at least once. Its a wonderful program for starting a novel and it comes with plenty of group encouragement at the local level.
Going out doors after many days of writing allowed me to reflect on my draft novel and the similarities between gardening and revising.