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NaNoWriMo 2013 Done
No, not 50,000 words. But in the end I did meet my personal goal of 35,000 words. And I got to the end of the story. It wasn’t pretty, and now I’ll have to go back and redo almost everything … Continue reading
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Tagged being a writer, fiction, nanowrimo, novels, publishing, writing, writing process
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Still November!
I’m in a happy place regarding the novel, and still enjoying the whole NaNoWriMo experience. This week I took some time to contact some of my “writing buddies” and really enjoyed hearing about their processes. One has already gotten past … Continue reading
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Tagged character development, nanowrimo, writing fiction, writing novels
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Reading While Writing
I’m having good writing days lately, though the NaNoWriMo word count analyst tells me at this rate I’ll finish my goal on December 20, not November 30. But the novel has become a preoccupation, and even when I’m not writing, … Continue reading
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Tagged books and film, craft of fiction, fiction writing, Kent Haruf, nanowrimo, novel writing, Russell Banks, The Sweet Hereafter
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NaNoWriMo Day 6
Yesterday was a writing day, and so is today. Oh how I have always admired those writers who get up an hour earlier to write, or stay up an hour later, and just doggedly go at it every day. As … Continue reading
NaNoWriMo Day 2
Well, the writing month has started off very well. I came to Chicago for the weekend for my niece’s 10th birthday. Yesterday I wrote in the airport and on the plane. This morning D. and I wrote together in the … Continue reading
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NaNoWriMo Planning
I realized after I posted on Saturday that it was not really the word count or my ability to write during November that was making me so anxious about National Novel Writing Month. It was actually the project I’d chosen … Continue reading
Posted in Minnesota history, NaNoWriMo, St. Joseph, writing
Tagged crime fiction, nanowrimo, writing
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Fear
November 1 is quickly approaching. And I am experiencing the fear of someone who has committed to writing 50,000 words in November, the NaNoWriMo challenge. This is a very specific fear. I, of course, unlike the 148,000 others who have … Continue reading
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Tagged creative process, nanowrimo, writing a novel, writing process
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