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. … More #CampNaNoWriMo Final Week
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 … More Write every day they said
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 … More When the ideas keep rolling but your hand is not moving…
What happens in chapter 10? I’m not going to tell you. You’re just going to have to wait to read it! Plus even if I did tell you it might be different by the time final edits are done. So no spoilers. Chapter 10 has been giving me a bit of a headache. Particularly because … More Chapter 10
You’re probably thinking…’what tools’? Ah well you know when I sit down to write I have to have a few certain things available for me to feel at ease. I heard that a lot of other writers have their ‘thing’ that they do to prepare for a writing session and I thought I would share … More Writing Tools
So…I didn’t finish 50,000 words in 30 days. I knew before I started that I wouldn’t finish. I knew from the beginning that because my novel was outlined at 30 chapters and on average 3,000-4,000+ words per chapter so far I would not finish the project itself in a month. Somewhere between the election and … More Afterthoughts: NaNoWriMo Finale
I have been writing my novel out of order. There I’ve said it. I have been doing this and have absolutely no regrets. I know the story, where it’s going and how it ends. However, the order in which the succession of events comes to mind I have no control over. What I do have … More When You Write Out of Order
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