Writing Frenzy

November 7, 2011

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If you are participating in National Novel Writing Month (www.nanowrimo.org), then you should be writing up a storm. By now, you should be at about 10,000 words. I have not been keeping up the pace. Luckily, there are several more weekends and the Thanksgiving Holiday before the end of November. To make the goal of 50,000 words before the end of November, you basically have to keep up a steady pace of writing. Do not allow the every day distractions to keep you from creating a story like now other.

If you are having trouble coming up with ideas, I would suggest looking at the news. There are so many stories available. This weekend alone, the Royal Couple announced they would be moving into a new “family friendly” castle, there was an Earthquake in Oklahoma of all places, and there were plenty of politicians saying silly things. Remember, real life can just provide the setting or characters, your story can go where ever you want.

As I have recommended in the past, you can start each night just recounting your day, from first cup of coffee, to struggling to stay awake while you are writing. This should at the very least get the writing juices going. I you still can’t get going, take a breather. You can always pick it up again tomorrow.

The NaNoWriMo competition is for fun. Writing is for fun as well. If it becomes a chore or a second job, the fun will just drain away and the river of words will dry up. This is a short post today, I have to get back to my novel.

2 Comments (+add yours?)

  1. Some Name I Won't Remember
    Nov 07, 2011 @ 21:20:43

    Do they have to be good words? Can I just write “red rum” over and over again?

    I haven’t gotten seriously involved in NaNoWriMo, but the little one is getting assigned “personal narratives” in school, so may have to take it up in sympathy.

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  2. kosmo
    Nov 07, 2011 @ 21:38:44

    To mix up the plot a bit, I’d suggest taking aspects of a few different news stories and blending them together. Let’s move that earthquake and maybe jack up the intensity a bit – and have it affect that castle that the royal couple is checking out.

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