Final Day 3 of Sacramento Writer's Conference

I will post more about my impressions later, but other demands are making my time short tonight. The conference rocked and I'm very inspired to write because of it and the inspirational writers that attended who are published, not published or just learning. So here is what I've learned today in brief:

* The hero's journey plays on in variation through most of the successful stories and books most of us enjoy. It's a good thing to check current story against to see if elements are missing.
* Free writing works.
* Making new friends that share similar views is always wonderful. Linking their blogs to yours even better!
* Are you reading Richard Crawford's blog? Why not, it's amazing. Check him out.
* Ask questions
* Listen
* Set a goal and meet it: write one page or three pages a day, to a certain word count or during a certain time whichever works but be consistent. This is the way to discipline ::shudders::
* Revise, revise and then revise.
* Keep paper and pen ready to take inspiration at any time.

Good stuff. There's more but...later.