What's YOUR Origin Story?
I figured with five days in, it’s a good time to fill you in on my NaNoWriMo project, or at least the process of my NaNoWriMo project.
I’ve been doing NaNoWriMo for 17 years–that’s a LOT of words on the page. And, to be honest, there were only 3 years that I completely blinked out on. One of those years, I met my husband. One of those years, I got married. And one of those years,
It’s November.
This is the month I attempt to write a 50,000 word novel. This year is my 17th year and I hope that this is the 14th win.
I have an idea. I have a computer program. And I have a limited amount of time.
I wrote 3,112 words today. I was shooting for under 1,700 in order to hit the day’s word count goal. I surpassed the goal,
It’s Monday, What are You Reading?
It’s Monday, which means it is time again to hook up with the dedicated readers of the Book Date Blog and start talking about the kinds of things we’re all currently reading. While I haven’t read a lot lately, I FINISHED NaNoWriMo… Yay! But we’ve also been doing a few other things… For example, I finished up the third project for the Harry Potter Knitting Challenge I was doing at Ravelry.
I have been honest about sharing my #NaNoWriMo journey this year, and while I’ve been doing this for a while, I realize that my experiences with the challenge are helping me a lot more than I anticipated.
Since I have been NaNoWriMo’ing since November 2003, I have won some and I have lost some (if we are keeping track, I am at 8 wins and 4 losses–without this year), but more than that, I have learned how I work best.
For example, I have done the whole planning and super organizational thing. But, I’ve also just done a general idea and fly by the seat of my pants (called ‘pantsing’ in the NaNo community). Both have lead to wins and losses. Thus, my list below that is sure to help veterans and newbies alike.
When I heard of the 31 Days Project, a writing challenge that challenges you to blog every day about one topic, it was a no-brainer that I needed to do it. After all, this is a month until NaNoWriMo.
And, to keep with the themes I have outlined on the blog previously, I knew exactly what my best post project would be–31 Days of Awesome. Because I need a place where I can celebrate the awesome!
