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Category Archives: nanowrimo
30 Days of NaNoWriMo: Day 5
Day 5: And today the calendar offers this gem of wisdom… (yes I ain’t sure what it means either, just go with it, 5 days in the brain gets a little odd sometimes…) The plot bunnies are coming, write for … Continue reading
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30 Days of NaNoWriMo: Day 4
Day 4: And the calendars reflected of the wisdom of the crowd for today is You’re not stealing Facebook statuses you’re paying homage Target for the day, get to 6667 words Current word count 3432 words Its the weekend, the … Continue reading
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30 Days of NaNoWriMo: Day 3
Day 3: and today’s cheerleading comment in the calendar Sack your inner editor today Target for the day, get to 5000 words Current word count 2219 words So, on the plus side after the Goldfrapp incident, I have been able … Continue reading
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30 Days of NaNoWriMo: Day 2
Day 2. on my NaNoWriMo calendar this year… What were we thinking? Target for the day, get to 3333 words Current word count 879 words One day down, twenty-nine to go, and in my personal journey I am already behind. … Continue reading
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30 Days of NaNoWriMo: Day 1
Day 1. on my NaNoWriMo calendar this year… ‘Say goodbye to your sanity’ Target for the day, get to 1667 words Time to get going, dig out the notes you made if you’re a plotter. If your more a fly … Continue reading
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To Plot Or Not To Plot? That Is The NaNoWriMo Question…
With #NaNoWriMo2017 about a week away. The oldest of questions has reared its ugly head at my writing desk… To plot or not to plot..? Whether you attempting NaNoWriMo for the first time or the eighteenth time you’re probably contemplating this fundamental … Continue reading
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A Quote Or Two For NaNoWriMo
With the thirty days of NaNoWriMo looming on the horizon for many of us. I’ve trawled my big book of quotes for inspiring words, (and some not so inspiring) here’s a selection of quotes on the subject of that most NaNoWriMo of … Continue reading
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NaNoWriMo: Or how to first draft…
With November less than a month away, and in the mildly self-aggrandizing of attempting to offer some advice to budding writers… This is the story of how I managed to write my first novel. It is also the story of how … Continue reading
Scrap-ends…
For no good reason, or perhaps the best reason of all, I’ve spent a listless hour pondering my way through a folder on my desktop that predates the hard drive. The folders called scrap-ends. It’s an apt description used as … Continue reading
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1000 A Day Habit…
To be a writer, you have to write… this was a conclusion I came to a few years ago, which still holds true. To borrow some advice from one more qualified to talk about successful writing than I… This then … Continue reading
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