Timothy Kuhn

How to Recognize Opportunity when you have everything you need

Problem is crossed out, with Opportunity typed below it on an old-fashioned typewriter.

Aka, finding time in the lost and found

So, there I was, scrambling to try to get any opportunity that could get me closer to my dream of a writing career, when I realized that I already had everything Read more

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Chasing My Dreams, It’s Not Over Yet

Never give up without a fight

Chasing my dreams is hard… and it will be for you, too.

Pursuing your dreams can be hard. So exhaustingly, soul-crushingly hard. But what’s the point of life if there is no Impossible Dream to strive for? If we Read more

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Why the secret to success is setting the right goals + Just keep writing!

Their incredible power to motivate is why the secret to success is setting the right goals!

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I had something funny happen to me this week. You know how I set the goal to finish editing and assembling all the way through Chapter 43 of Frostfire this week? Well, I basically finished that on Monday. Read more

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Overcoming Writer’s Block by Putting in the Work!

A man is breaking through a brick wall with a sledgehammer.

Howdy!

News:

I DID IT! Remember that annoying problem that blocked me hard last week? I finally finished justifying my cool rooftop fight scene and the following sequence as well, and now it’s all written! Barrier broken! Monster mashed! Read more

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Obstacles are Frustrating

Person staring at a brick wall

Hello!

News:

Well, it’s awkward to say it, but I failed to meet my goal this week. I wrote the last completely original scene and finished editing seven of the scenes that needed to be altered to fit my Read more

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Crushing those Goals!

A lightbulb shines over letter blocks forming the word "goals"

Hello out there!!!

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Well, this week I managed to beat my writing goal, getting over 9500 words written! (Cue random Dragon Ball-Z character screaming “It’s over 9000!!!!”) That means that in less than a month I’ve written over Read more

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Lord of the Rings Chess + Failure

A chessboard set up next to a hobbit hole

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Well, I’m sorry to say this, but I did not reach my goals of 10,000 new words for my Frostfire draft this week. I’m ending the week with a little over 5800 words, barely halfway to my goal. Read more

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IHOP Con + Goals!

A pile of delicious pancakes with fruit, like the platonic ideal of IHOP

Just News Today:

Just wanted to let y’all know that I’ll be attending IHOP Con (hosted by DJ Butler) at the IHOP in American Fork on Saturday, and my writing goal for this week is 10k more words Read more

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Gotta Get those Goals!

Person writing down their goals in a notebook with a pen

Hello!

News:

I wrote another 8,000 words from my Frostfire draft this week. Much slower than I’d originally hoped, but still significant progress. If I can keep up this pace I ought to finish by at least the end Read more

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Celebrate! I’m back to drafting!

Fireworks! It's time to Celebrate!

Hello, friends!

News:

I’m finally done fiddling with the outline for Frostfire! YAY! Celebrations! I finished it up on Wednesday, hitting the goal I posted last week!

Finally I’m back to drafting! I’ve drafted almost 4500 new words already, Read more

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