by Jill Williamson | Nov 28, 2018 | Editing, First Drafts, NaNoWriMo, Scenes and Scene Structure
First of all, as I’ve said before, National Novel Writing Month isn’t all about “winning.” Most of you know that 50,000 words isn’t long enough to be a full novel, anyway. The point is to get yourself writing, to write in community with...
by Shannon Dittemore | Nov 16, 2018 | Author Life, NaNoWriMo
It’s been sixteen days, you guys! Who’s still with me? Today, shall be all about confessions and I’ll start. *deep breath* I am not going to hit 50k. I’m just not. The sick bug combined with some FANTASTIC, albeit distracting, publishing news...
by Shannon Dittemore | Nov 9, 2018 | Author Life, NaNoWriMo
We are a full nine days into National Novel Writing Month, friends, and I MUST know how you are doing. The wheels fell off for me this week. My little cold became a big cold and I’m still fighting away. I keep thinking I’m getting better, but then it...
by Shannon Dittemore | Nov 2, 2018 | Author Life, NaNoWriMo
It’s day two of National Novel Writing Month! Who put words on the page yesterday? I did! To be honest, my day started off a little rough. Construction crews rolled into my court at 8am and set up camp in the front yard. The noise, you guys! But, the upside of...
by Jill Williamson | Oct 31, 2018 | First Drafts, NaNoWriMo
Have you signed on for this year’s National Novel Writing Month? I have! I’m determined to finish a novel I’ve been working on ALL YEAR LONG. NaNo starts tomorrow. (I can’t believe it’s here already!) But I am ready. Are you? Here are...
by Shannon Dittemore | Oct 26, 2018 | Author Life, NaNoWriMo
Roll call! Who’s doing NaNoWriMo? “What’s NaNoWriMo?” you ask. Well! Let me tell you all about it. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It was started in 1999 by a guy named Chris Baty – which, basically means this...
