One of my aims this month is to write a bit more during my spare time, and since Camp NaNoWriMo is coming up next month, I tried to think of some ways I could keep my motivation up for it. So I decided to draw together some quotes by a few talented writers to read …
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After a lovely start to the year, I'm feeling a little more positive about the months ahead regarding what I hope to get done. As I've set myself quite a few more tasks this month than the last, I thought I'd find a quote to remind myself not to be disappointed if I don't manage to …
Word count: 52,016 Last week: 43,014 Overall progress: +9002 Hi all, and happy December! This is a bit of a belated post considering NaNoWriMo officially finished 5 days ago. Before I continue, I should make it clear that despite my current word count, I didn't win NaNoWriMo! I was away in Copenhagen for 4 days at …
Word count: 43,014 Hi all, and happy Friday! Last week: 38,459 Overall progress: +4,555 It's been a bit of a busy week for me, so unfortunately I've not had much time for writing: in fact, the place where I've been most productive with it has been on the bus to and from work! It's not where …
Word count: 38,459 Hi all, and happy Friday! Similarly to last week, over the past several days I've carried out a mass exodus of words, but fortunately I've written a fair amount to keep me hovering just under the 40k mark! Words deleted: -9,540 Words added: +8,831 Overall progress: -709 Being in a word deficit is …
Word count: 39,168 Hi all, and happy Friday! We're just over one week into NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month for those who might not be familiar with it), and while my blog has been a little quiet as of late, I've been hiding myself away spending some one-on-one time with my current writing project. Since …
Hello, and welcome to post #2 of my Character Arc series! If you missed the first one, take a look at my What is a Character Arc? post here. As I've been writing my own novel over the past few months, I've been exploring my characters and noticed that sometimes they can seem a little flat, …
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