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…
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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!
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.
7 Steps to Shaping a Strong Protagonist
It’s an age-old question. What came first: the chicken or the egg? The plot or the protagonist? What if the shaping of the story and your main character happens at the same time?
4 Ways You Can Be Creative on Command
Sometimes, creativity is a choice. You miraculously have the afternoon free to take on your creative project, be it writing, painting, crafts or whatever else lets you be expressive. Sometimes, creativity is not a choice.…
