It’s been a while, but I’m back with the annual nanowrimo update! As usual, I didn’t do the normal nano, but instead of (light-heartedly) calling it a failure, this year, I’m embracing the “nano rebel” label. Though I intended to step back from blog posts this year, I hadn’t intended to go quite so long …
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Another Nanowrimo Failure
I’ve got to say, failing nanowrimo this year was pretty rewarding. I only did a week’s worth of actual writing, but I’ve done a lot of book and writing related tasks that were absolutely necessary, so I have no regrets. Here’s the wrap up of what I learned. Final word count for the month (all …
Nanowrimo Bujo: My Novel Bullet Journal
I’m super excited to share this because I think it will help me write faster and more consistently. I might end up completely wrong about this, but either way, it’s going to be a fun experiment. I’m going to participate in nanowrimo this year. Despite having a bunch of publishing tasks for The Island Experiment …
Nanowrimo like a loser: What I learned
By the official guidelines, I lost nanowrimo big time. I don't have an accurate final count, but it's about 36,000 words. Still, based on my own goals and expectations at the beginning of November, I won. You can read more about that in my last post. I finished the first draft of my novel, the …
Nanowrimo like an object in motion: Momentum
Just keep swimming. This was what I learned from Week 2+ of nanowrimo. What had been so easy the first week was a struggle the second week. Part of this was probably due to some changes in my outline that I foolishly didn't take enough time to explore via brainstorming because I was too impatient. …
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Nanowrimo like a Cylon: Have a Plan
Wow. It's already been one week, and I am ahead of schedule. I began on a palindrome, 43,134 words into my draft, and completely by chance (I swear!), I ended the week on one, too: 57,875. The daily counts are in the photo, but it comes to a total of 14,741, which is another palindrome. …
How to do Nanowrimo all wrong
Halloween vs. Nanowrimo Normally this time of year, I’d be pulling together a last minute Halloween costume inspired by my current sci-fi obsession, like Chell from Portal or Sam Winchester from Supernatural. But not this time. No, I’m spending the dregs of October fleshing out my outline for nanowrimo and getting my submission to my …
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