Sorry for the delay! This holiday week has been a mess for me! Every year I hear the same things from new NaNoWriMo participants. Everything they're writing is terrible. They hate every word. None of it is good. They get discouraged and stall, trying to write something better moving forward. I want to tell every … Continue reading #NaNoWriMo: Quantity Over Quality
It's week two! NaNoWriMo is in full swing across the globe. I, once again, am behind, but at this point I think it's a character trait. A lot has gone on in my home front...plus I live in the United States and boy was that election (this election since it's technically not quite over) a … Continue reading What to Track When Rebelling
It's already day two of NaNo and I'm behind! I took yesterday to recover from a long and tiring week. This week should be just as long and as tiring. So what does that mean for NaNo? I'm going to have to learn to pace my writing even better. The standard pace for 50K words … Continue reading Pacing Your NaNoWriMo
Hi. You still alive out there? Can you still feel your fingers or are they too cramped up? I get it. 50K is a lot in one month. So did you make it? Did you write more than you expected or less? Are you happy? Or are you disappointed? There seems to be only two … Continue reading NaNo 2019 Review
This week, in the US, is Thanksgiving. It can be both a great time to catch up on writing and an absolutely terrible time to catch up on writing. Most years I would say it's an easy time for me. I would spend time with my parents and sister, eat too much, and write. There … Continue reading NaNo and Family
Ever been just thoroughly stuck in your novel? NaNoWriMo is a notorious time for everything you've been planning to just disappear. It's like all of your prep work was a beautiful dream and about half way through November you get woken up by your loud alarm clock and forget everything. I touched on what you … Continue reading Using Your Resources
If you've been following my blog for a bit, you'll have noticed I've mentioned Word Wars a fair few times. I find them to be a fantastic way to bolster the average amount of words written and it's a great way to break out of writer's block. But What is a Word War? A Word … Continue reading I Declare a Word War
It's already day four of NaNoWriMo and if you're still on the fence, if you started on the first and immediately petered out, it's not too late. Man stressfully looking at computer provided by Tim Gouw I know. It's hard to keep going sometimes. You started but lost your mojo right away or you don't … Continue reading It’s Not Too Late to Join NaNoWriMo
The third week of October is upon us and I have another preptober prompt and discussion. This week we'll be talking about dialogue. I've only read one or two novels were dialogue wasn't important, so I'll say that focusing on how your characters talk is not only important but crucial to making your story flow. … Continue reading Preptober #3: “Write” Way to Talk (Perfecting Dialogue)
Now that it's summer, I can bet a lot of my fellow writers are tempted to just be lazy and fall of track. In fact, I almost forgot to write this post. The temps are now in the 90s, the sun is out for more hours than it's not, and there's a thousand things to … Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo
