Tag Archives: National Novel Writing Month
Do you listen to music?
When you write, do you listen to music? I’ve found that longer writing projects (like novels) have their own soundtracks morph together. Right now I’m listening to the following playlist for my NaNo novel consisting of: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I and Part II by Alexandre Desplat, Lord of the Rings: The …
5996 NaNo
5996 words, 5:30-6:37 a.m., at home on the computer Making progress!
4296 NaNoWriMo
Updated word count is 4296. Writing session: 4:30-6:21 a.m. at home on my computer. This year I’m off to a strong word count, surpassing the word goals for the day. I hope this continues to be a trend! In the past it seemed to be a struggle to write so much because I would hit …
1730 NaNoWriMo
First writing session of the month: 5:30-6:22 a.m., 1730 words, typed on my computer at home. This November is already going well. I could hardly sleep last night because I was so excited. Then when I was ready to drift off, my narrator gave me some lines of dialogue. Just beautiful. And I wrote this …
One day till NaNoWriMo…
It’s October 31st, my last day of sanity for the next thirty days. My project is on a roll. I’ve had great conversations with friends and teachers about the April Novel in the last week. I’m super excited to work through the latest developments. Every day I will post how many words I wrote and the …
Halfway there…
The semester is nearly half over already. But some exciting things have happened. My contest with a writing friend to see who could write the most short stories resulted in her finishing one and me starting two. We decided to revise our contest for October with the goal to finish the most short stories. Then …
Revision Tips
Two important writing tools that I use when I revise are readability and http://www.wordle.net. I learned of the readability feature in Microsoft Word from “The Writer’s Little Helper” by James V. Smith, Jr. To turn on the readability feature is simple. When you spell check a document, click on options and select “show readability statistics.” …
Novel Away!
I started my first novel in May 2004. I worked on the story idea, expanding it into a two-book series. I wrote both during National Novel Writing Months, in November 2009 and November 2010. (Find out more here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/.) But I decided to take a break since I wrote on and off for years. And …
Suzanna and Writing 