Category: Writing Journey
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Post NaNoWriMo
With November over, the official NaNoWriMo challenge is complete but my novel is far from over. I’ve been spending time thinking about how to keep the momentum. I still have lots to write and there’s lots of rewriting of the words that I have written as well. Just after I hit 50,000 words, I was… Read more
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I DID IT!
When I decided that I would do NaNoWriMo this month, I knew that I had lots of things working for me. I was off and didn’t need to be focusing on working in November. I had an idea that I had been working on in my head for a while. I’d even outlined a concept… Read more
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Can I Write for 24 Hours?
Probably not. But can I try? Sure. Fourteen minutes ago, I clicked on the Zoom link to join the 24-Hour Writing Sprint presented by the London Writers’ Salon. Around the world and at many different times in the day, writers logged in to participate in one hour writing sprint sessions around the clock. I decided… Read more
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Body Doubling My Way to 50,000 Words
I just passed the middle of the month and I’m sitting at over 35,000 words. I’m happy with that although I know I need to step it up if I’m going to reach my personal goal of 80,000 (yes, I know the NaNoWriMo goal is 50,000 and I’m on track to a successful month). I… Read more
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This Week’s Theme – Writing While I’m Still Planning
It’s hard to believe that I’m just over a week into NaNoWriMo! I had been feeling like I wasn’t meeting my goals and was disappointed in myself for days that I didn’t write. As I got ready to write this post, I realized that it has been a very productive week and I wasn’t acknowledging… Read more
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NaNoWriMo Starts Today!
I first heard about NaNoWriMo about 10 years ago when I was on the Library Board when the Library was organizing activities for participants to stay motivated and have a community to write with. It intrigued me but working full time and everything else I had going on, I couldn’t imagine also writing almost 1,700… Read more
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Hysteria
No. Not me. Not yet, anyway. I’ve been trying to get my November Deadlines for Writers story done this week. It’s not due until November 6th but since I’m getting ready to start NaNoWriMo on Friday, I think it’s better to not have to add these 1,200 words to the 50,000 already on the calendar.… Read more
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And in the Blink of an Eye…
… Six weeks have passed and I am trying to get back to routines. I decided to take a temporary position for five weeks, thinking it would be a good opportunity to get out of the house for a bit. When I applied, I had only really wanted part time hours as I wanted to… Read more
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Another Deadline Day!
My streak has increased to 4! I have now uploaded a short story each month for four months on Deadlines for Writers. You can learn more about how impactful this has been to me, check out my previous posts – One Deadline Started it All and It’s Deadline Day! Each month we get a prompt,… Read more
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NaNoWriMo
I’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo this year. If you haven’t heard of NaNoWriMo, it’s a yearly challenge to write 50,000 words of a novel in 30 days during the month of November. To put that in perspective, it’s almost 1,700 words per day for 30 days. When I’m focused and just freewriting without worrying… Read more