This year, I participated in NaNoWriMo 2021 for the first time. I’ve written around seven novels in my life. However, this experiment was the first time I tried to write an entire book in one month. The good news is that I now have a new 50,000-word novel—my eighth novel, still unnamed. I titled it…
Month: November 2021
Writing a novel in one month – halfway through!
Phew, for a minute then, I lost myself. But, I guess that’s to be expected when you’re writing a novel in one month. I’m not sure when and I’m not sure how, but I’ve caught up with the goal. On the 9th day, a writer needs to have 15,003 words down to be on track,…
Questions writers should ask themselves.
I’ve collected this list of questions writers should ask themselves through a combination of research and experience. You may have read some of these before, and maybe even thought about them, but it’s never a bad time to go over them again. I sat and thought about each one again myself while compiling this list:…
NNWM: The First Five Days.
My NaNoWriMo (NNWM) is in full swing now. I’m approaching the end of the first week, and I’m beginning to get somewhere. Here are a few of my notes from days 3, 4, and 5 (yesterday), sharing my process and progress. Day 3 of NNWM After the 3rd day, I had almost 2800 words down…
Day Two of NaNoWriMo.
I was pleased with myself for writing 550 words and 550 good words, too. But that puts me behind schedule on day two of NaNoWriMo. I need to have 3334 words down by the end of day two, which leaves me 2784 words short. I intend to catch up tomorrow, and I’m going to help…
Day One of NaNoWriMo.
To achieve my 50,000-word goal, I need to write 1667 words every single day in November. But day one of NaNoWriMo started rough. I spent a few precious hours after work starting and scrapping all 750 words of my story. It just wasn’t suitable for my character and my writing style. I wrote in the…