Category Archives: NaNoWriMo
I did it again!
Well – nothing’s been posted for almost a year – but – here I am again. I participated in NaNoWriMo again this year – and won. 58416 words at the end of November – and the story is not done. … Continue reading
The Horse and The Cart
And then I read this: Keeping a journal or notebook fosters the journal-writing skill, not the fiction-writing skill. – Caro Clarke; the writer’s notebook, or let’s not really write Oh. From Ketutar Writing Ah. I actually think Caro Clarke has … Continue reading
My NaNoNovel…well sort of…
Synopsis: When Yonatan of Riverfield rescues an armored bear from the hands of the Picts, he doesn’t realize his compassion will lead him through forests and mysterious caves into adventures a storyteller like him only spins tales about. The … Continue reading
To plan or not to plan, that is the Question
So, I solved the mystery of continuous writing – just write your episodes (experienced writers call those episodes ‘scenes’ or ‘peaks’) and string them together at some point – by all means later if you like. With what? As I … Continue reading
I AM a NaNoWriMo WINNER!
<—There! See it? I WON! I did it!! I wrote 50000+ words in a month! Not bad guys! Not bad, for an old grumpy Bear. I am so proud of myself! When I finally got what this NaNoWriMo thing is … Continue reading
7+k and 6 days left…
Oy, I think I might actually make it. With 42+k words written so far, and about half the story told, I doubt my novel will be finished for real by November 3oth, but at least I will have reached my … Continue reading
50k of Mary-Stu.. Why not?
“Maybe I should do the opposite… try to write purple prose, Mary Sues and revive my “darlings”…” (From Ketutar Writing) It’s all about the Inner Critic, isn’t it? In the end we have to like our characters, even those who … Continue reading
