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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Most writers will agree that story planning is an exciting process: you're building worlds, creating characters, and developing mind-blowing plot twists. However, writing the emotional journeys of our characters can sometimes feel a little flat. Your story might be flawless. It can be filled with exciting travels, devastating setbacks and monumental wins, all the while pushing …
You'll likely know Pinterest as a mood-boarding site, where users pin photos of fun craft activities to do, pretty cakes to bake, gorgeous clothes to wear, or lovely interiors to be inspired by, on a collection of boards that they can view and share online. The concept of mood-boarding isn't new, but Pinterest has managed …
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