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One of the blogs I follow, The Write Practice, has fifteen minutes writing exercises on almost all their posts. The latest blog post I read was called Do You Want to Make Money at Writing?” At the end of the post there is a fifteen minute writing exercise where you spend some time free writing.  The paragraph below is the result of 15 minutes of free writing inspired by the blog post, with some editing of course.

I have to admit that there is most likely to always going to be a small part of me that writes for money. As time goes along I can feel that part of me getting smaller and smaller until one day it will be barely noticeable. As I get closer to finishing my bachelor’s degree my confidence in myself, my skills and my complex budgeting system grows. I have been able to catch a plane to New Orleans for a four day English convention when all logical people looking at my account would be wondering how I paid for the gas to drive back home to Louisville. I keep track of every penny that goes in or comes out. Somehow I have managed, by the grace of God, to do amazing things with very little money.  My friends ask me over and over again how I do it but I can’t tell them anymore then I can tell you.  The simple fact is that I do not have the slightest clue how I do it. Please forgive me for that. The only thing I can tell you is that I value my time much more then I value my money. If I learn more I will let you know. 

If you are a writer, fiction, nonfiction or poetry you should read the blog post.

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