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Yesterday I led some middle school students in a session at a writing workshop. Each young writer got a small mirror tile. I spoke about the layers of an onion--the outer crackly-paper skin, so delicate and thin. Then I dug into the onion with my fingernails Read More...
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It's less than a month away from NaNoWriMo--National Novel Writing Month. The chance to write a fifty-thousand-word pile of a hot steaming mess novel in one single month. And hey! It's done during one of the shorter months, which only adds to the frenzied Read More...
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As it is still my reign as Princess Procrastination, I had to drive downtown this week, park in a part of the city where there are cobblestones, and walk several blocks to hand-deliver a submission. photo by skibriye The deadline was Monday...at 5:00 Read More...
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It was a WWWP night last night---Wild Women Weilding Pens--and the end of NaNoWriMo. As usual, the critique group made sure it was a rowdy and sometimes bawdy evening. (We're so glad Beth is back!) I tried to keep everyone on track and serious. I really Read More...
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I am close enough to the end of NaNoWriMo to think, optimistically, that I will finish it. However, if I am able to cross the 50,000-word finish line, it will take some novel revising strategies to improve my "novel." (The quotation marks are used because Read More...
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Every day, I learn something as NaNoWriMo progresses. And I want you to benefit from my experiences. Here are some handy lessons if you want to be sure and succeed at crossing that 50,000 word finish line on November 30: 1. Contractions are bad. Do not Read More...
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Okay, I admit it. I began NaNoWriMo this year because last year I crashed and burned almost instantaneously. I hate to lose, I'm stubborn, and decided to give it another try. And although I am hopelessly way behind, currently I am at 12,000 words. Yesterday Read More...
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If you haven't found him yet, check out Doug Savage's daily post, where he plays "Chicken" every day. Obviously, Dickens never participated in NaNoWriMo. If he had, it would have been Tale of Forty-Two Cities. There would have been no talk of it being Read More...
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photo by The B@man I have never written a novel, although the idea intrigues me. I tried NaNoWriMo last year and crashed and burned without even getting off the runway. Always fascinated when writers open up their heads and let us take a peek under Read More...
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I regret I am not continuing with NaNo. I do. I quit something, but it was a wise decision for me. This evening I worked on a story for a contest that Saturday Writers is sponsoring. (The deadline was extended.) It was a story I wrote probably 15 years Read More...
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photo by ryantow After writing for less than a week, I am waving in the air the pages I've written so far as part of the NaNoWriMo project; I'm surrendering. The reason? Is it because the pace is too much? A bit, but not really. The main obstacle: my Read More...
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6,188 is the count as of this morning. I might have trouble keeping on schedule, because I usually have a better chance of writing in the morning, which is 5 or 6 hours "late." In other words, I am posting my word count this morning, but I should have Read More...
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5,090 is my nano word-count so far. I'm "cheating" a little, because I am including a recipe here and there (it's like nudity that's integral to a part in a movie) but I--so far--am keeping to a productive schedule. I also wanted to direct readers to Read More...
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3,179 is the count so far. I am hoping I can keep up the pace. Does it get easier or more difficult? Will I get into some groove? I hope so. Read More...
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The idea for November, National Novel Writing Month, is to write 1,500 words a day for 30 days, and at the end, you have a short novel. You don't edit or revise this month. You just write. As yo recuperate in December and January, then you can look it Read More...
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