National Novel Writing Month
November 21, 2009
- It's turned into one of THOSE weeks: I'm falling behind on my writing. I'm working extra hours, which is good for the paycheck, but very tiring. There has been an atmosphere of general grumpiness in our house. And I could really use a long shower. (I'm not smelly, but I do need one.) HOWEVER... I am still breathing, all of my fingers and toes are intact and functional and I have most of ...
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November 18, 2009
- As sure as death, writers have those bloodied moments – frenzied passings of time made up of the abandonment of passion and craft for fear and self-consciousness. But there is Good, and some of us have seen the Good. People are willing to connect, to truly read and listen and think about the words we’re saying at once so eagerly and timidly. The words are Gods and Devils: they elevate us and ...
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November 14, 2009
- Dang. I've written almost nothing in the last two days. As you can see from my sidebar count, I'm not quite behind, but I'm having a hard time getting started again. I'm running out of energy... *frown* This is what Maureen Johnson calls The Middle. How's everyone else doing?
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November 12, 2009
- I wrote today's Twitter (1/2 pt. = commits to journey. Things seem to get a bit better. They're about to get way worse = Crisis 3/4 pt.) based on something I heard Andre Agassi say in an interview about his memoir. I missed the part about why he despises tennis from the start but at around the Middle of his journey to wholeness, he quits drugs and alcohol and commits to tennis for the very first ...
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November 3, 2009
- 1.) Well, it's only November 4th, but my new writing ideas seem to be working. - I don't write in the afternoon, instead I do early morning or evenings - I made a playlist of songs that go with my story and characters, and I only listen to it when I write - I bought myself a bag of discount Halloween candy. The bag has thirty packages of peanut M&Ms in it, and I get one package every day ...
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November 1, 2009
- This year for National Novel Writing Month, I'm trying to pay closer attention to my good writing times. For example: I can't write in the afternoon. My brain goes to sleep, it's hard to concentrate, and usually I end up taking a nap. I write pretty easily in the morning. But I do need more time to get really started, and I have to be sure and eat breakfast first. My best writing times ...
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October 31, 2009
- Back in 2002, I did the National Novel Writing Month contest, where you set a goal of writing a 50,000-word novel during the month of November. I succeeded, after trying it in 2001 and failing, and ended up with something around 50,002 words. (Seriously, as soon as I saw 50K in sight, I thought, "Let's just wrap up this sucker.") I operated on a principle shared by my friend DJ: ...
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October 30, 2009
- 1. The blog appears to be back to normal, thank goodness, although I now have the urge to redecorate the whole thing. 2. I will not be home all day on Saturday, which is why the blog is posting early. And when I say not home, I mean I will leave the house at five in the morning and will not be back until two o'clock the next morning. 3. What am I doing? Work. Hanging out with a friend ...
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October 25, 2009
- All right my lovely commentators-and-lurkers, I have a question! What is your opinion on National Novel Writing Month? (Otherwise known as Nanowrimo, or Nano) Do you think it's a great idea? Are you skeptical? Or somewhere in between? Also, if you're doing Nano, why? What do you hope to get out of it? (I'm doing it for the kickstart. After five months of revisions, I need a serious boot ...
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October 23, 2009
- November revolves around writing, and, like the Thanksgiving holiday celebrated during this month, that's something for which to be grateful.First, it was named National Novel Writing Month by Chris Baty, who began in 1999 with 21 San Francisco Bay Area friends writing a novel in 30 days. Of the 21, six of them succeeded that month in completing a novel, which they defined as 50,000 words—the ...
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