Categotry Archives: writing
A Winner
Of course that does not mean I’m done. It just means I did 50,000 words this month so far. So, what now? 1. Finish the plot line. I’m in the middle of the climax now. I should be able to finish the book in the next few days. 2. Take a moment to appreciate the fact that I have written at least one new rough draft every year since 2000. Before that I’d never actually finished even the rough draft […]
13 Sentences
The last lines I wrote in my NaNo book tonight: “The point is, I haven’t found people to be particularly trustworthy.” “Too late to keep it from me.” She grinned at him, pleased with her logic. “I haven’t been bad so far, have I?” “But that’s always the way with humans. You act all nice at first. Then you do something horrible!” “I promise, I will not do anything horrible.” She let her irritation show. “I’m just a girl. What […]
Taxonomy of a Resolution
The first resolution I listed last Thursday – Write for at least one hour every day – is one I actually started in December. You’d think I’d make that kind of resolution DURING National Novel Writing Month in November. But no. I didn’t think of it until afterward. At first I was too vague. I thought as long as I spent an hour each day in front of my computer with a file open, that should count. Good old BiCHoK […]
NaNoWriMo
Seems like I hardly even announced that I was participating in this years National Novel Writing Month before I won it! This does not mean the book it done. I have a long way to go in search of a completed plot line, but I’ve achieved the 50,000 plus words of the NaNo challenge. Yay! Every book is a little different. This one was quite a bit different in process than previous efforts. I did not write anything out ahead […]
The Winner’s Circle
I did it! I hit 50,000 words! According to NaNoWriMo rules, that means I’ve written a book and have won. Of course, I haven’t really finished yet. I estimate I’m about two thirds the way through. Maybe a bit more. I still have the most pivotal scene to write – the one the whole book is based on. I seriously considered taking the story a slightly different way and skipping the pivotal scene all together. I’ve noticed that often when […]
NaNo and Family
I am particularly blessed because my family not only understands my need to write, they enthusiastically join me. Since I’m by far the most experienced in the field, our in-house word wars have hardly been fair. I generally take a handicap of a couple hundred. This hasn’t exactly sat well with either Mr. Al or The Girl. Even when they would win if we counted the handicap, they weren’t satisfied. They both wanted to out-write me straight out. This year, […]
NaNoWriMo 2015
Yep, I’m doing it again. I’m going to write a book in November. This time it’s going to be a Science Fiction idea that I’ve had floating around in my head for a number of years. It’s one of those great, archetype-filled journey stories. An outcast struggling to find his place in the world ends up the savior of his community. The only problem this time is that there aren’t any human beings in the story. The hero is a […]
Halfway
I have now officially hit the half way point in my book. I was writing much more efficiently at the beginning of the month when my part time job went full time and my obligations in all kinds of places went nuts. Now I’ve finally hit a lull in the pressure, and wouldn’t you know the writing slowed way down. I think it’s because I have time to actually think about what I’m putting down “on paper”. When it comes […]
And We Have a Winner!
Yep. I made my NaNo goals. Not only did I write more than 50,000 words, I also covered my entire outline. In other words, I actually finished the book, ODE to Joy, in November. Every book is a little different, and this proved to be no exception. I wrote the original outline (in a spreadsheet) while traveling in Mongolia. I had certain criteria it had to fit. First, it had to include the Character named Flynn from the book Zackly […]
Progress Report
I’m writing a fiction book set in Mongolia for my National Novel Writing Month. (Yeah, like you didn’t know that already.) I’m using a lot of the things I experienced there as part of the book. For instance, there is a scene set at the Chengus Kahn Memorial statue. There’s another that features Turtle Rock, and a couple set in UlaanBaatar. So far. I expect to have several there before I’m done. Does the airport there count as separate? The […]
Suzie’s House 296 : Yes, I Do Have a Family
“Drab, Pulsate, and Tendril.” “Shouldn’t you be doing that at home, Ben?” I dumped another pile of dishes into the sudsy side of the sink. “Seriously. What kind of words are these?”
NaNoWriMo 2012
It’s National Novel Writing Month again. It’s kind of funny they should call it that when people from all over the world do it at the same time. National? Which nation? Anyway, the idea is to write a book in November. We’re talking rough draft here. My rough drafts are always really, really rough. I’ve been known to throw the whole thing away and start from scratch. Sometimes more than once. For instance, last year I worked on a dragon […]
76,806 Words
Sometimes things just come together for you. The book I just wrote was like that. Not so much the ending, which I changed three or four times as I went, but just the way the book came together as a whole was great. I’ve got a couple of Works In Progress that are like pulling teeth. To have one whip together so fast and so clean from a start with so little to go on was really fun. This manuscript […]
Camp NaNo
I’m Writing right now. Summer version of National Novel Writing Month. they say 50,000. Shooting for 75,000. Doing well so far. Been 10 days. 21 to go. And I’m on schedule.
NaNoWriMo
I’ve become a NaNo addict. NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month. It takes place every year in November. The idea is to write a novel of at least 50,000 words in one month. This is the third time I’ve done it. Why? Because of the library. Yeah, yeah, the library is there all year long. What does it have to do with NaNo? Well, a bunch of us get together in the library to encourage one another to get our […]
