A DREAM – A STORY – A JOURNEY
This week, I worked in my car and at the dance studio more often than I worked at home. It's the stage of life I'm in and I work hard to remember that when I find myself wishing for more down time to work on my manuscripts. I don't wish it away because my children... Continue Reading →
Revisions have so far been full of backlogging information. For this manuscript, I only completed a certain amount of pre-planning documents, character mapping, and story notes before I started in on the story. This story started as a question I had about something I had seen many times and often wondered about. It was a... Continue Reading →
As 2018 draws to a close, I am all at once enjoying the peace and quiet reflecting on what an incredible year it has been and preparing for the work of 2019 to begin January first. I purchased Revision and Self-Editing and have a clean printed copy of the manuscript I will be revising in... Continue Reading →
I gave myself permission to follow any ideas that came to me the last few weeks of December, as a way to relax and enjoy the freedom of not hitting deadlines after NaNoWriMo and before the intense work of revising manuscripts begins in January. What did I free write you ask? One short story. Have... Continue Reading →
Quarter 3 for my writing goals cover December, January, and February. My focus at the beginning of this quarter marks a major shift from what I've been focusing on for the past year and a half. My main focus leading up to this point has been on creating content. I knew I wanted to have... Continue Reading →
Reflections on NaNoWriMo 2018. The NaNoWriMo challenge this year was quite a different journey than last year. There were a lot of differences in my personal life that contributed to that (going back to work, my youngest starting preschool, my oldest in more dance classes and starting dance team) that definitely constricted the opportunities to write,... Continue Reading →
Day 26-Daily Word Count- 1,832. I broke 45,000 words! Less than 5,000 to go! Day 27-Daily Word Count- 786. Short and sweet today. I wrote one scene for two of my main characters and wanted to take my time to create that scene. Tomorrow it will be time for them to move on and we... Continue Reading →
Day 19-Daily Word Count- 1,306. I feel the climax coming and it makes me bristle, because the storm is building. Day 20-Daily Word Count- 3,833. A huge, HUGE and fervent thank you to my peer critique group for an AWESOME write-in session. I was able to write nearly two full chapters, plus some information that... Continue Reading →
Day 12-Daily Word Count- 1,766. My story keeps surprising me. I didn't expect one of the relationships to contain as much as it does. But, it has to, because if it didn't, it wouldn't drive the characters in the way that they need to be driven. I wrote a chapter today that I had planned... Continue Reading →
Day 5-Daily Word Count- 1,732. I had to break from one chapter to the next today. Typically, I try to write one chapter per day, but I had to do it differently. Tomorrow I will continue the chapter I started today. I didn't know the full motivation for why my main character is doing what... Continue Reading →
Nikole Breault 