I woke up this morning and went straight to my manuscript. I had a bad dream, but it made me think of a scene for my story and I didn’t want to miss it. It has been foggy and cold the last few days, so I decided to have a fire in the fireplace. TheContinue reading “The Mentor of #NaNoWriMo Day 7”
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How to write the point of no return #NaNoWriMo 2019 Day 6
Day 6 (2017) is The Point of No Return My protagonist definitely wants to refuse his call to adventure. How will he try to wriggle his way out of a request from the police? I highly recommend working through today’s prompts. They inspired me to explore new areas of character development. #vss365: trim He had fearedContinue reading “How to write the point of no return #NaNoWriMo 2019 Day 6”
#NaNoWriMo 2019 Day 5 – The Refusal
Continuing yesterday’s exploration of things that make me say, “What is that and what is it for?” I’m going to go with part of a lampshade? There’s gotta be a story as to why it’s in the lake, right? I hadn’t thought much about stagnant water on my abandoned property, but in this area, IContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo 2019 Day 5 – The Refusal”
#NaNoWriMo 2019 Day 4: Exploring the antagonist
This morning, because my story is about an abandoned property, I had some fun taking pictures of settings and things that make me say: What is that and what is that for? Like above: What is that pan for and what is that shiny liquid and what is that random hose for? If these objectsContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo 2019 Day 4: Exploring the antagonist”
#NaNoWriMo 2019 Day 3: Playing with my prompts
Day 3 2017 is the call to adventure. Set-up, catalyst, debate. My main character has to decide if he’s going to run and hide, or head back to his childhood home. #vss365: grate Kirk saw something sparkle under the grate. He got down on his knees and pulled aside the rusted metal. He recognized theContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo 2019 Day 3: Playing with my prompts”
#NaNoWriMo 2019 Day 2: Playing with all my prompts
Happy National Novel Writing Month! How did your first day go? Unlike last year, I’m healthy, relaxed and in a quiet state for writing. Until this morning, I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do here at Experience Writing during this NaNoWriMo. I took a look back at what I’ve done over the years andContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo 2019 Day 2: Playing with all my prompts”
Planning for #NaNoWriMo? Here’s a FREE Daily Planner for November!
NaNoWriMo 2019 November is almost here and for a lot of the writing community that means it’s time for National Novel Writing Month. Since I’ve been trying to focus on revisions and actually finishing a novel, I told myself I wasn’t going to do it this year unless an exciting story that I couldn’t refuseContinue reading “Planning for #NaNoWriMo? Here’s a FREE Daily Planner for November!”
#FD2017 Final Days Of 2017 Day 10: Arrivals and Departures
In Sweden, where I lived for a year at 13, they have a sweet tradition for the Christmas tree. They weave little heart-shaped paper baskets and put them on the tree. Tomten comes and fills the baskets in the days between Santa Lucia and Christmas. This little bag seemed like a good little twist onContinue reading “#FD2017 Final Days Of 2017 Day 10: Arrivals and Departures”
#NaNoWriMo Recap and December Writing Plans
We did it! We survived National Novel Writing Month. It’s time to put away that draft, but not time to give up the daily practice. So what’s next? For me, it means continuing this momentum into editing. This month, I’m going to dive back into last year’s NaNoWriMo draft and work through revisions toContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Recap and December Writing Plans”
#NaNoWriMo Day 30: The Final Image
Congratulations! You made it to the last day of the challenge! Did you finish your draft? Did you get your 50,000 words? Either way, you still have today, and tomorrow, and all the days after that. Push hard today, but remember, this is only the beginning of the writing adventure. The adventure of finishing, editingContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Day 30: The Final Image”
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