When I started plotting this novel I didn’t know what the heck I was doing. All I knew was that I had a story that I wanted to write and I was somehow going to figure out how to do that. I came to the conclusion that I really did need to have some sort… Continue reading Writing the final act
Camp NaNowriMo has come to an end and I am happy to report that I completed my goal of writing 20,000 words. It brought me to a total of 100,000 words for my manuscript which is not complete yet as there are 6 chapters left to be written. I am working on my manuscript everyday.… Continue reading #CampNaNoWriMo Final Week
Wow you guys week 1 was slow but has picked up since my last post. Here are a few things that I learned during my first week doing #campnanowrimo . You are the vessel from which words will come. Don’t rush to write something just because you want to check it off your to-do list.… Continue reading #CampNaNoWriMo Week 2
Camp NanoWriMo has begun y’all! In case you guys are not in the loop check out their website here. I am so excited to be a part of it this year since last year I missed all of the camp virtual write-ins and only caught up to it in September. So this feels like I’m coming to… Continue reading #CampNaNoWriMo 2017
You’ll often hear that one must write every day to perfect the craft, write and work on incoming ideas, catch and idea in its momentum. I’m here to tell you that I was pretty doubtful at first; however, I went on ahead and gave it a try, like why not, right? So, every day since… Continue reading Write every day they said,
I am so glad and excited to say that I am halfway through my manuscript! It’s taken me a little longer nowadays since I started working. Don’t have an entire day to dedicate to writing anymore which has made me a little sad, but c’est la vie. I write every moment I can find during the… Continue reading Halfway, 1/2, .5, medium, the middle…Act II…
So let’s talk about the not writing part of writing. Yes, I know that makes little sense to the normal folk, but to the writer folk, you know what I’m talking about. It goes like this: you are writing a story, you’re almost halfway through this story and then suddenly you are rolling in a… Continue reading When the ideas keep rolling but your hand is not moving…
