Nanowrimo Midpoint and Counting

2 CommentsDreams, Events, NaNoWriMo, Novels, , , ,

Welcome to the halfway point of Nanowrimo 2020. Since I’m pre-scheduling posts to give myself more time to work on my Nano-project, let’s just assume that I’m halfway to my goal, and happily sitting on 25,000 words of short stories. I’m enjoying picturing that, but the truth is that knowing I already said I was

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The Joy of Losing NaNoWriMo

1 CommentNaNoWriMo, Novels, writing, , , , ,

I’ll be starting NaNoWriMo in about a month, but let’s be honest… I don’t expect to win. Fifty-thousand words in a single month is a lot, and a new project? Well, it could happen, but I’m still working on the old one, right now. My tiny little pantser mind has just the tiniest breeze of

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IWSG: Finishing (Or Not Finishing) NaNoWriMo Projects

19 CommentsInsecurities, NaNoWriMo,

So, I’ve been told I got the wrong question. I’m sticking with it it’s been a hectic month. Purpose: To share and encourage. Writers can express doubts and concerns without fear of appearing foolish or weak. Those who have been through the fire can offer assistance and guidance. It’s a safe haven for insecure writers

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Nano-procrastination and nicknames

4 CommentsNaNoWriMo

I’m getting to a point where I’m drifting away from my nanostory. I don’t know what comes next. I like the characters and the setting, but the plot… Well, if you’re doing Nano, you know about the plot. And my revision is a nifty excuse for not working on it. Or, maybe we could say

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What’s New? And Other Questions Not To Ask During NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo, writing

I don’t know why it is that people (that would be non-writers) always stumble into the questions that you probably shouldn’t ask a writer on a fast-drafting binge. And I don’t know how they manage to sound so utterly clueless while they’re doing it. I mean… there can’t really be people out there who are

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Yes, My Words Count for Word Count

2 CommentsNaNoWriMo, writing

Today is day 5 of NaNoWriMo, and I’m busily listing all of the things I know about my characters and my setting. Because I don’t have the faintest idea where the story goes from here. This is where fast-drafting becomes really odd for me. It’s a little more like talking to myself than, you know,

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NaNoWrimo Prep Month

4 CommentsNaNoWriMo, Novels, Revising, writing

National Novel Writing Month is coming up in three weeks. Three weeks?!? Yup. Twenty-one days. And while I’ve always been a little hit-or-miss in winning NaNo, I usually start the month with good intentions. This time, I’m starting the month with two pristine notebooks (240 pages each) and a shiny set of brand-new ballpoints in

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