Category: writing
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NaNoWriMo Day 19: From Regular to Rebel
What I like about the four steps I used this month for NaNoWriMo is how they can be used in both Preptober and NaNoWriMo. Ideally, the writer can use Preptober to develop the characters. Once that is done, they can start using the four steps; the only question is which step to start NaNoWriMo with?…
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NaNoWriMo Day 18: Completing the story arc
I knew from the first day of NaNoWriMo I would not complete the story. Yes, I will reach 50,000 words. Yes, I will write a narrative, but it will only be part of the narrative–or what I’m calling “step four” in my NaNoWriMo plan. My writing process for NaNoWriMo 2022: Step 1: Write one complete…
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NaNoWriMo Day 17: The Big Conversion
My writing process for NaNoWriMo 2022: Step 1: Write one complete sentence summarizing each scene. Step 2: Turn each sentence into a five sentence paragraph. Step 3: Turn each paragraph into five paragraphs. Step 4: Turn the five paragraphs into a narrative. Now that I’ve reached step four, I’m converting everything to Scrivener. Up to…
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NaNoWriMo Day 16: Third Week Blues
Week three is kicking my butt. After a 5,000 word Sunday, Monday and Tuesday were less than one hundred. I’m still on schedule. I’m hoping to get a couple 1,000 words in today. But if nothing else, I know it’s good to write something everyday, even if it’s only a couple hundred words. The good…
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NaNoWriMo Day 15: Staying Ahead
I only got in 232 words yesterday. But that’s okay. The day before, Sunday, I got in over 5,000 words which put me a few days ahead. Yesterday, I have an all day meeting which mentally drained me and I have to wrap up emergency dog sitting for a coworker over the weekend. On the…
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NaNoWriMo Day 14: Half Way There
I finished the third step of my writing process for NaNoWriMo 2022. My writing process for NaNoWriMo 2022: Step 1: Write one complete sentence summarizing each scene Step 2: Turn each sentence into a five sentence paragraph. Step 3: Turn each paragraph into five paragraphs. (I’m writing step 3 in red to help it stick…
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NaNoWriMo Day 13: Go ahead; write those flashbacks
One way I’m building up my word count for NaNoWriMo is by using flashbacks. My main characters have a complex backstory (don’t they always?) and I’m finding it’s a great way to keep me on top of my daily statistics. But using flashbacks can help in other ways. They can move the story forward. They…
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NaNoWriMo Day 11: I Scene It
One thing that keeps happening to me as I write is a scene needs to become two scenes. Or even three scenes. If only one thing happens in a scene then cut. When a new setting starts or a new event happens then it’s time to write break into a new scene. For example I…
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NaNoWriMo Day 10: Death and Oops
Even though I outlined in Preptober, I decided to kill off one of my characters. Rather violently. I think I had a bad day at work and I was taking it out on this poor fictional being. But later I realized that character was needed for a couple of functions in the story. Oops. No…
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