A DREAM – A STORY – A JOURNEY
Day 1- Daily Word Count- 1,937 words. I was able to go back and reread the whole thing because it wasn't so late. I don't know how many days I'll be able to keep that up. 😳 Day 2- Daily Word Count- 2,051 words. I fought myself A LOT tonight on trying to get the... Continue Reading →
Notes are done. Pre-writing activities were attempted (some finished, some not.) My document is set. I'm as ready as I can be. Bring it on NaNoWriMo. I'm trying not to get caught up in the worries of what I will write the first day or the second, or what happens when I sit down to... Continue Reading →
This week, I framed out the notes for the three acts of my story for NaNoWriMo. I followed the exercises from chapter two of Fast Fiction, and was able to flush out more of the unknowns. One of the things I love to do when I'm planning to write a story, is ask questions. It's... Continue Reading →
November is shaping up to be VERY busy. We've got a lot going on for every member of the family, but NaNoWriMo will happen. Oh yes, it WILL happen. Having a complete, 50,000 word first draft of a novel in thirty days is a gift you give yourself. It might come at the cost of some... Continue Reading →
Two things about the story I will write for NaNoWriMo are certain so far: who my main character is and the setting of my story. The setting of the story is set as far as where I want the story to start and where my main character will be most of the time in this... Continue Reading →
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a creative writing challenge that challenges writers to finish the first draft of a 50,000 word manuscript during the month of November. To finish a novel in 30 days, writers need to write about 1,667 words per day. Every day of the month of November. Even on Thanksgiving. It's daunting,... Continue Reading →
I've been writing this week, filling in gaps and steadily completing manuscript 1. One of the chapters I've been working on in act 2 is key in understanding why and how one of my characters is different than everyone else in their world. The characters are going to a place to see what makes the... Continue Reading →
I did not spend much time on my manuscript at the beginning of the week. This has been a challenging week, for a variety of reasons, and I found myself longing for a place where I could go, lock the door behind me, and yell/cry the anxieties, fears, and self-doubts away. Figuratively anyway. I used... Continue Reading →
Your writing does not have to happen in one specific place. Yes, there are sacred spaces that we create and fill with inspirational or sentimental things that we charge with so many memories and emotions that we can't help but be inspired to write when we go there. But, that place, as much as we... Continue Reading →
We spent the last week of August renovating our basement where the kids play space, my husbands jam space, and our office/my writing space is. It's a project we've wanted to tackle since we moved in, but was moved down the to-do list for one reason or another since we moved in a few years... Continue Reading →
Nikole Breault 