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Week Two

I’ve made it through week one and I’m right where I need to be as far on words. Week two is where I really start to doubt myself. At this very moment I am thinking that I might not have enough story to make it to 50k. I’m also thinking that my premise it tooContinue reading “Week Two”

Day One

Today marks the beginning of National Novel Writing Month. Although I know some people have already been writing since midnight, their time, I am not one of those folks. I have a day job and kids. I’ll be writing this evening and hope to get about two thousand words. Like most people in the beginningContinue reading “Day One”

The NaNoWriMo Game Plan

NaNoWriMo starts in less than two weeks! To prepare, I’ve created an outline using Holly Lisle’s Professional Plot Outline course, available for $.99. Since I’ve never actually outlined, I figured I would consult an expert resource. Now I have my whole novel plotted out, down to the scene, from beginning to end. The course even pushedContinue reading “The NaNoWriMo Game Plan”

Countdown to NaNoWriMo!

It’s October so the countdown to NaNoWriMo has officially begun! The NaNoWriMo website has been revamped, the new web badges are out, and people are flooding back to the WriMo forums. This year, I will be writing a contemporary sci-fi romance novel called “Sweet Justice”. I’ve had the idea for a while now and I’veContinue reading “Countdown to NaNoWriMo!”

Unproductive

So, I had the day off unexpectedly and made use of my time by not doing anything productive. Sure, I slept in, did some laundry, dishes, did my workout, and took out the trash but none of that is writing. The best I can say I did along those lines is get Scrivener open, updated,Continue reading “Unproductive”

Tell Me My Fortune

My husband and I enjoy Thai take out almost every Friday night. They always throw in fortune cookies along side the napkins and forks. I very rarely eat fortune cookies. The few that I even bothered to crack open normally have some silly phrase that we jokingly add ‘in bed’ to the end. Now IContinue reading “Tell Me My Fortune”

One Outlining Method

A friend of mine found a method for plot outlining a novel called The Snowflake Method. You basically take one concept and expand upon it until you have a whole novel charted out. It’s a concept that I never thought of before and I thought to myself, that’s nice but I don’t think I can useContinue reading “One Outlining Method”

So Distracted!

I received an encouraging email about my writing today and now I can’t focus on a darn thing. Normally the weekend is when I get most of my writing and editing done but that is not the case this weekend. All I seem to have the attention span for is housework and other short projects.Continue reading “So Distracted!”