My NaNoWriMo: Round 6, Week 4
We’ve reached the final stretch! After a week of holiday meals and family gatherings, the odds were stacked against me to stay on track with my National Novel Writing Month daily and weekly goals. So,…
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My NaNoWriMo: Round 6, Week 3
Week 3 of National Novel Writing Month should feel like I’m closer to the end, but there’s still two weeks left! This week, I returned back to my normal routine but life kept throwing curveballs…
My NaNoWriMo: Round 6, Week 2
Week 2 of National Novel Writing Month—and it already feels like an entire month! This week, I’ve written thousands of words, discovered a writing strategy to keep me on track and am surprised by how…
My NaNoWriMo: Round 6, Week 1
Six years—and here I go again!
How to Add More Scare into Your Story
True fear is hard to convey, especially when writing a scary story. Sure, you can state that your character feels fearful, but fear is an art form better shown than told. And merely repeating the…
5 Things Not to Focus on When Writing Your First Draft
Congratulations! You have decided to embark on writing the first draft of your story. There’s a good chance that you’ve been on this journey before. You tried writing another story that didn’t go as planned.…
5 Non-Writing Ways to Prepare Your Life for NaNoWriMo
This is a blog post that both pantsers and planners can get behind—so that no one gets behind during National Novel Writing Month.
My Camp NaNoWriMo: Week One
I swear I’m doing it this time! Several times I’ve said in my blog posts that I’d take on Camp NaNoWriMo but I fall short. I even signed up last April with a project and…
Making Camp NaNoWriMo Work When Life Doesn’t
Here’s how Camp NaNoWriMo goes for me: I pick out a writing project that I’m psyched to write, yet I find myself with the mantra “I’ll start it tomorrow” because of work and family commitments…
7 Things to Write When You’re Stumped
Is writer’s block suffocating your writing process? Just not sure what to write next? If you could use an idea (or seven) to get your story unstuck, keep reading.