The Write Stuff
What to Do with Your NaNoWriMo Novel Now That November Is Over
Tomorrow is the last day of November and the last day of NaNoWriMo. By now you’re either proudly telling everyone how you crushed NaNoWriMo or you’ve relegated the two pages you barely got done to Recycle Bin on your computer. For those of you didn’t make it, better luck next time. But for those of you who have made it through to the end, it’s time to figure out what to do with those 50,000 words you spent your November on. Here are a few ideas:
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Yet Another Why I’m Choosing to Do NaNoWriMo This Year Post
NaNoWriMo is National Novel Writing Month and many writers take the challenge to write a 50k words in the 30 days of November. As the end of October approaches, I’m sure plenty of bloggers will be putting up their “NaNoWriMo posts.” But before you fall to the ground screaming “Not ANOTHER post about NaNoWriMo”, read the reasons I’m choosing to participate this year:
This may have been intended to be sarcasm, but it's one of the reasons I decided to participate.
What Would Charles Dickens Do?
You should write the way you would speak if you were giving the same information in person. Any writer will hear and give this advice several times in the course of their career. It’s a cliché but the thing about clichés is that they are often true. Trying to impress people with your big vocabulary isn’t the point of writing. Getting across an idea or story is the point.
If It’s Your Favorite Word, You Probably Shouldn’t Be Using It
Last week, I read Claire Wagner’s Six Rules of Writing and I agreed with most of them. (If you haven’t read it, you should. It’s good stuff.) My favorite rule on the list is #5: If you REALLY love a particular phrase, it doesn’t belong. Read More
Good News
So I’ve decided to stop freelancing because I got the best news in my email the other day. Apparently I’m coming into a large sum of money and I’ll be too busy spending it to work anymore.
