Here's my stats so far:Week 1- Started at 64,497 - Ended at 81,093 - Wrote 16,596Week 2- Started at 81,093 - Ended at 91,383 - Wrote 10,290 Not as impressive as week one, but still good. I passed the 90,000 word mark, which was super awesome and I celebrated yesterday with a… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 2
Author: alliemay
Take Care
Today I'm taking a "me day" because I've started to wear down. I was crazy productive last week because I was riding that NaNoWriMo/writing the climax/caffeine high and I was crazy. But what happens when you spend a week staring at a computer screen writing and doing nothing else? You burn out. … Continue reading Take Care
NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 1
Well, the first week of NaNoWriMo has ended and here's where everything stands so far:Week 1- Started at 64,497 - Ended at 81,093 - Wrote 16,596 That's pretty awesome, right? I got 7 chapters written out of the 15 I had left. That's right, I got almost halfway through my entire November… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015 Week 1
Writing is Hard
Any artist knows that their work is hard. Painting, writing, music, etc. These tasks are so difficult because progress is hard to track. Any designing is done purely in the mind, and sometimes thoughts are too convoluted to sort out and put onto paper. So many people read books and think, "This… Continue reading Writing is Hard
NaNoWriMo 2015
Happy November everyone! You know what that means- That's right it's National Novel Writing Month! Hooray! In case you missed my NaNoWriMo posts from last year, you can find all 9 here. It consists of Pep Talks taken from NaNoWriMo's website and updates on how my writing went. Last year my goal was to… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2015
Halloween (A Little Early)
For those who didn't follow my blog last year, I LOVE HALLOWEEN. Almost as much as I love Christmas. I blogged about it last year and shared some of my costumes over the years. Once again I'm going to reiterate that Halloween is awesome because of all the candy and dressing up… Continue reading Halloween (A Little Early)
Preparing for NaNoWriMo 2015
I know, November is still a week away, but I'm not doing a proper NaNo anyway and I'm starting a little early because I really want to dive into the end of Powerful. Our apartment complex is celebrating Halloween tomorrow (and I'm super excited for this year but I'm saving that for a… Continue reading Preparing for NaNoWriMo 2015
For Boys, For Girls, and For All
I was trying to find an image to add to this post, so I searched, "Children's Books" and the first option that popped up was "for girls". The seventh suggestion was "for boys". Curious, I clicked on the "for girls" to see what popped up. I was bombarded with one color- Pink. Every… Continue reading For Boys, For Girls, and For All
Stories For All
Forgot to write a blog post yesterday as I was busy catching up on my reading. I'm kind of glad I did, because this morning I went online to find out that it is Stories For All week. Stories For All is a movement started by Bloomsbury and Shannon Hale (my favorite… Continue reading Stories For All
Staying Creative (When You’re Busy)
I haven't really been focusing on writing so much lately, and it's really hard on me because I want to stay as creative as I can while I'm busy. If I don't stay creative, then when I find more time to seriously focus, I'm usually stuck in a block. While there are many ways… Continue reading Staying Creative (When You’re Busy)