Day 10 Word count: 18,450 words Word count goal: 20,000 words Mapping the Hero’s Journey: Crossing The Threshold Save The Cat: Fun & Games Today’s focus is on fun! As you can see from the images I chose for inspiration, fun makes me think of childhood and being child-like. Try doing something fun today-dressingContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Day 10: All About Having Fun”
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#NaNoWriMo Day 9: Sub-plots and Secondary Characters
Day 9 Word count: 15,847 words Word count goal: 18,000 words Mapping the Hero’s Journey: Crossing the Threshold Save The Cat: B-story #vss very short story Business trademarks finally reached right into Brenda’s life. She could no longer see the colors gold or black or say the words “Brenda”, “food” or “happy”. Plotting with TarotContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Day 9: Sub-plots and Secondary Characters”
#NaNoWriMo Day 8: Crossing The Threshold
Day 8 Word count: 14,783 words Word count goal: 16,000 words Mapping the Hero’s Journey: Crossing The Threshold Save The Cat: Fun & Games These images from different excursions I’ve taken, make me think of leaving the ordinary world, having to cross the threshold and embark on a physical and existential adventure. Where will yourContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Day 8: Crossing The Threshold”
#NaNoWriMo Day 7: The Mentor
Day 7 Word count: 13,308 words Word count goal: 14,000 words Mapping the Hero’s Journey: The Mentor Save The Cat: Act II #vss very short story After digging for hours, it dawned on Brandon that even his best friend was lying to him. Plotting with Tarot Mentor card: Magician upside-down – the creator dictatingContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Day 7: The Mentor”
#NaNoWriMo Day 6: The Point Of No Return
Day 6 Word count: 11,446 words Word count goal: 12,000 words Mapping the Hero’s Journey: Refusal Save The Cat: Point of No Return Plotting with Tarot I did a reading a bit off the book. Today, I focused on The Inciting Incident: The Inciting Incident: The Empress Upside-down – the emotional world, the sensual world,Continue reading “#NaNoWriMo Day 6: The Point Of No Return”
#NaNoWriMo Day 5: The Refusal and the First Week Sunday Summary
Day 5 Word count: 9,270 words Word count goal: 10,000 words Mapping the Hero’s Journey: The Refusal Save The Cat: Debate Today, I dove into my surreal images folder on Pinterest. Today my character will be convincing himself that his ordinary life is better than the call to adventure. He’ll be considering the structure heContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Day 5: The Refusal and the First Week Sunday Summary”
#NaNoWriMo Day 4: Antagonist’s Call to Adventure
Day 4 Word count: 6,350 words Word count goal: 8,000 words Mapping the Hero’s Journey: Call To Adventure Save The Cat: Debate I’m really enjoying meditating on the works of Akiya Kageichi for this project. They are so full of story inspiration. The second top image by Andrew Ferez made me think of the Chekov’sContinue reading “#NaNoWriMo Day 4: Antagonist’s Call to Adventure”
National Novel Writing Month (#NaNoWriMo) Day 1: The Ordinary World
Day 1 Word count: 0 words Word count goal: 2,000 words Mapping the Hero’s Journey: The Ordinary World Save The Cat: Opening image / Theme stated Welcome to the first day of your new novel. Today is all about that opening scene. What is your protagonist up to when first introduced? What is her dailyContinue reading “National Novel Writing Month (#NaNoWriMo) Day 1: The Ordinary World”
#Writober Day 31: Words magically open doors
This image is full of story potential. It makes me think of magical worlds like Narnia and Oz,but it also makes me think of all those great stories where the story an author is writing becomes real like Stranger than Fiction, Secret Window and In the Mouth of Madness. What story do you see? IsContinue reading “#Writober Day 31: Words magically open doors”
#Writober Day 30: The skeletons are out of the closets!
An invasion of skeletons. Are they only after you because you accidentally summoned them with a spell book or an ancient amulet? Have all of the science class skeletons risen up to take over the world? This image makes me think of the attack skeletons from Jason And The Argonauts but it also brings upContinue reading “#Writober Day 30: The skeletons are out of the closets!”
Experience Writing 