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Operation: Awesome – The 1000-Word Plan

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Jason L Blair

One thousand words. It’s not a lot. But neither is a single grain of sand. Earlier this year, I hit a hard realization: Writing wasn’t working for me anymore. I was writing in spurts. Some days I’d hit 3000 words … Continue reading →

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The Write Identity

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Jason L Blair

See, I lost focus. And that happens. I’m fallible and I know it. If I wasn’t, I wouldn’t have initiated Operation: Awesome. I would have just sat around wondering why no one recognized my genius. A couple weeks ago, I … Continue reading →

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Operation: Awesome’s Novel Idea

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Jason L Blair

Last week, I put a list together of all the books I had plots for. Nothing new, I didn’t invent on the spot, and I came up with eight titles. Later that day, I remembered another three. Today, I found … Continue reading →

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It’s the Mileage

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Jason L Blair

I’m obsessed with age. I wasn’t always. Throughout my 20s, I rarely felt the pressure of a ticking clock. That’s not to say I didn’t wonder about my future and think about how I was going to be successful and … Continue reading →

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Preparing to be Awesome

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Jason L Blair

A couple weeks ago, I mapped out the basics of my plan to reprogram myself as a writer. It’s a process I call “Operation: Awesome” because that’s an incredibly uninspired and pretentious title and nothing amuses me more than uninspired … Continue reading →

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Operation: Awesome

Posted on June 8, 2010 by Jason L Blair

Earlier this year, I kicked off Operation: Awesome, a multi-phase attempt to reprogram myself as a writer. I had spent far too much of my life under this delusion that the traditional rules of writing and story didn’t apply to … Continue reading →

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