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
Category: NaNoWriMo
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
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
NaNoWriMo 2014 Week 4
So this week was not as successful as last week. My NaNoWriMo so far look like this: Week 1- 6,255 words - 20,372 words total Week 2- 9,273 words - 15,528 words so far - 29,645 words total Week 3- 4,435 words - 19,963 words so far - 34,080 words total … Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2014 Week 4
Pep Talk #4
Again, this post isn't actually a pep talk, but I figured it would be easier to group all the NaNoWriMo inspiration together. This post is actually based off of Stephanie Perkins' 5 Tips for NaNoWriMo survival. It's focused on being stuck. At this point in NaNoWriMo, you're about 3/4th of the… Continue reading Pep Talk #4
Pep Talk #3
Okay, so I'm not going to go crazy with this blog post since I'm feeling under the weather and I'm probably going to ramble a lot more than I want to. I've had the remains of a sore throat for weeks, but then it settled into a full on cold, complete with a headache.… Continue reading Pep Talk #3
NaNoWriMo 2014 Week 3
It has been 14 days since I set a goal for myself to write 5,000 words a week (20,000 words by the end of the month). If you take a look at the word counter off to the right, you'll see that I'm now at 29,645 words for Rose. 14 days ago I… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2014 Week 3
Pep Talk #2
I've written another chapter since my last post. That means I'm at 22,238 words total and 8,121 words since November started. I'm almost halfway to my goal. I really hope that I can stay motivated for the rest of the month. After looking at the rest of my week, I've got high hopes… Continue reading Pep Talk #2