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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I’m Sick and Tired of being Sick and Tired!

Being sick and tired is miserable.

I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired. There, I said it. Or wrote it. Whatever. The statement still applies. I’ve been sick far too much this week, and it’s annoying. I’m sick and tired of being sick 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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Time Wizards vs Inspiration aka Putting the Work In!

Putting the work in by taking control of your schedule

In a fight between Time Wizards and Inspiration, the Time Wizards always win! In other words, I’ve found that when I regularly make time to write, I consistently make progress, and the more time I spend the more progress 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!

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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!

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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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Celebrate! I’m back to drafting!

Fireworks! It's time to Celebrate!

Hello, friends!

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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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