In my attempts to come up with my February blog idea I searched saved files, old notebooks, idea boxes filled with clippings and articles. It came to me as I sat in the pedicure chair bouncing ideas back and forth with my daughter in the chair next to me. I have been revising my story for what [...]
Coffee and candy and soda pop fizzes theses are a few of my favorite things…
Since my post falls on Christmas, I’ve decided a little fluff is in order. I know, what’s new? This month is just going to be a little more like cotton candy than cotton balls and I promise to keep it short [...]
Since many of my writing mates wrote about Nano, I’m going to get in on the action, too. But from a different perspective. I’m going to write about the unexpected things I got from Nano. Hint: it wasn’t 50,000 words. Not this year.
The first thing I got was the knowledge that I have [...]
What I learned from participating in this year’s NaNoWriMo challenge.
Maybe you’re not into forcing yourself to put 50,000 words on the page or you’re a firm believer that writing is a solitary job so no group endeavors, like those write-in thingies.
Participating in NaNoWriMo this year? Use these few tips to help you reach 50,000 words.
Like a slasher in a horror flick, they’ll rip your story to shreds. Deep down you know forward is the only direction, but like the token blond in the three inch heels you trip.
At the time of that story, I didn’t think about how what I listened to affected my writing.
At the time of said offense, I was struggling with plot twists and points it showed me that never would have come up otherwise. Yes, it annoyed me and I took it out on the poor defenseless program instead of where it belonged. Me! I felt like a complete moron for not seeing these things on my own.
Where are you at on your writing path? Read these four noble truths of writing to see where you fall.
