#NaNoWriMo Story Planni...

NaNoWriMo is almost upon us, so there’s no time to waste in doing everything you can to make sure you can not only get to 50K words but to end up with an actual story. As I mentioned in my last post, Why You Should Plan Your NaNo in Advance,  I believe planning the key elements is...

#NaNoWriMo at the 10k m...

It’s November 6. Just past the 20% mark for the month. How are you doing? If you’re getting in your 1667 words per day, you should have hit 10,000 words yesterday. Maybe you haven’t quite gotten there. I give you a huge congratulations if you have written anything! For some of you, this...

Countdown to NaNoWriMo:...

It’s the end of September. You’ve got about a month until NaNoWriMo starts. Seems like plenty of time, right? Some of you are wondering why I’m already talking about NaNo when it doesn’t even start until November 1. Because writing and finishing a book takes more than just the 30 days...

Pacing Your Novel 1: Th...

  In my survey of your biggest rewriting challenges, many of you indicated pacing of your story among the most difficult.   What is Pacing? Pacing refers to how slowly or quickly time passes in the story: the pace of time’s passage. It’s important to realize that...

8 Tips for Hitting the ...

By now (Day 17) ideally you would have 26,666 written and cross the 28,333 mark by midnight tonight. Everyone is there, right? If you’re not hitting these numbers, don’t worry. There are two more weekends after this one. Keep going and whatever you do, do not give up. Even if you don’t...

How’s Your #NaNoW...

Word Count As of last night I should have at least 20,000 words written. I’m hovering around 18,000 right now. In my favor I was out of town at a convention for 4 days and spent one day in the hospital for tests. But I will make up the deficit by Sunday. I make that promise to...