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 …
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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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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We've only just past the halfway point of the month, but I've already hit a few points where I've felt a little lull! Here in London we've been having a gorgeous heatwave, and as a result I've been spending a lot of time out and away from my desk, fuelling my renewed fruit pastille lolly …
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