Monthly Archives: November, 2011
50119–NaNo
So NaNo is over for this year. At least until I start editing in December after a long nap, deep-cleaning my living quarters, and receiving my treat for finishing a novel in a month with a sprained finger–dinner at Naslada, one of my favorite restaurants in town. I brainstormed on Monday and put those lines …
46408–NaNo
I typed last night after getting home from work, about 11:15 till midnight. After working on two of the five remaining scenes and brainstorming heavily throughout the day, the novel is 46,408 words long. Three more days! Yesterday I finished reading Jack Kerouac’s “Book of Haikus.” Lots of good ones. I’m going to invest in …
Prompt–Sunday, November 27
Set a timer for five minutes. Start a scene that takes place in a diner between two old friends who are no longer friends. Go. Then read mine below. I never expected to see Jimmy again. We broke up back in high school and it hasn’t been long enough. At least his hair was still red …
Check out my poems
Heavy Hands Ink published two of my poems. If you would like to check them out, they are called “With You” and “Sleep” under my nickname Suzy Anderson. You can download the e-book for free here: http://www.lulu.com/product/ebook/hhi-volume-seven-e-book/18492378?productTrackingContext=search_results/search_shelf/center/1, but you need to download the Adobe Digital Editions in order to read it, which is an e-reader similar to …
45038–NaNo
Yesterday I had a total of 42,314 words, and today after my writing session I have 45,038. So close to the legendary 50,000! I am pleased though that I was able to catch up. Spraining your finger during NaNo is not something I’d recommend, but at least NaNo 2011 will be a NaNo to remember. I have …
My Winter Wheat Session on Prompts
I called my session: Using Prompts to Prompt You in the Writing Direction. My session was from 9-10:15 a.m. Saturday, November 18. I opened my presentation with a quote from Stephen King’s “On Writing:” “…two previously unrelated ideas come together and make something new under the sun.” (25) So for prompts, you can give one …
40140–NaNo
Last night after work I continued my NaNo novel. I reached 31,036 before I called it quits and went to bed. After sleeping, I got up and wrote for four and a half hours straight (with breaks of course) and I ate traditional Thanksgiving fare. I am very thrilled to be ahead of the projected 40,008 …
28903–NaNo
Well, I have made an improvement in my word count today. I wrote before class, at the write-in at the Union, and at the unofficial Prairie Margins write-in. And I used Dr. Wicked Write or Die (http://writeordie.com/) to write an additional 2,000 words. And I wrote two poems on top of that. Today was just …
24654–NaNo
I typed what I had handwritten at the Prairie Margins Write-In Friday and what I wrote in one of the sessions at Winter Wheat yesterday. So a total of 24,654 words for me. My sprained finger is doing better. I go to the doctor Tuesday for a check up. Wish me luck for typing faster …
Winter Wheat
I had a great weekend at the Mid-American Review Winter Wheat Festival of Writing. Yesterday I gave my session on prompts, which I will share in a post later this week. There were a lot of great sessions! Also fodder to discuss. The readers Kyle Minor, Ann Townsend and Seth Fried were great. Prairie Margins …
Suzanna and Writing 