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Our tree-mostly decorated by my son.
Question of the month is: what are your writing goals for December?
November is over, and the tree is up! Now, it’s time to think about Christmas shopping. Yeah, I know, I’m late in starting, but that’s how I roll…every single year!
Well, NaNoWriMo has ended and I finished just shy of 14k. I am a bit disappointed that it wasn’t way higher, but progress is progress, right? I set another goal for the story I started with this and that is to reach 75k (or if the story feels complete before that) by Feb. 1st, 2019. This I believe is a reasonable goal.
From there I plan to set it aside for a few weeks to work on other projects. I hope to go back to it around March/April and begin the editing/revision phase. After this I’d like to see about gathering a few Beta readers to help me make the story even better. My goal is to have as polished a manuscript as possible by the end of 2019. Around this time, I may even attempt to take part in the Pitch Wars.
What about you? What are your writing goals for December? I love to hear them!
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November is already half over–can you believe it?
And what’s even crazier is that one week from today is Thanksgiving!
Heck, I haven’t gotten a turkey yet much less planned a menu for it. I’ll work on it over the coming weekend…maybe.
I’ve been writing away on a story for NaNoWriMo currently sitting at about 7,200 words for the month. Yeah, the word count is quite low provided that I didn’t start until the 5th day. I’ve set up a goal tracker for this novel that by February 1st 2019 to have written a total of 75,000 words. This will be more realistic, but that won’t stop me from trying to get as many words done for November as I can. At that point (after November 30th), I plan to go back to writing my other projects.
So, what is this story I’m currently writing?
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Nyssa Mann found herself in a zombie apocalypse that claimed everyone she cared for. In search for a safe haven, she met a stranger who promised just that only to be tricked into a fantastical world where she will face a new kind of terror.
There are currently eight chapters up on Wattpad if you’d like to follow along Nyssa’s adventures. I’ve been trying to write about one new chapter per day. At the moment, a total of 30 chapters are slated for the completion of this book (possibly there will be additional chapters). This may also be Book One in a series or saga for the overall story but for now I’m taking this one day at a time.
What about you? Are you participating in NaNoWriMo? If not, are you currently working on a writing project? I’d like to hear about it! 🙂
The question for this month’s #IWSG: should you use National Novel Writing Month to write your book?
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My answer?
I think NaNoWriMo is a great way to get that first draft written. As part of this community, you know you’re NOT alone in pursuing a common goal: 50,000 words in 30 days.
50,000 words may not finish the book, but it’d make a darn good start.
This year, I’ve decided to write my NaNoWriMo book on Wattpad as an added incentive to complete the first draft especially since I’m terrible at finishing anything I start.
What about you? Are you participating in NaNoWriMo? Do you think it’s a good way to write a book?
Today I’m sitting on 3,374 words which is quite poor IF I was shooting for 50,000. I could be called (sort of) a NaNo Rebel in that I’m marching to my own tune this month. I’m juggling three different writing projects:
Speaking of #3, be sure to read the chapter and vote in the poll included to determine future outcome of the overall story line. The poll closes soon so I can start writing the next chapter so don’t wait any longer! 🙂
What about you? How’s your writing going so far this month?
Snow came way early this year in my neck of the woods (as shown above). In fact, here in North Dakota, we went directly from summer to winter. There was NO fall. According to the local weatherman, we’re to get an additional 3-6 inches of the white stuff between today and Sunday.
Ugh.
Originally, I’m a northern-climate gal having been born near the border of Quebec, and grew up in the Adirondacks so I’m no stranger to the cold and snow. However…I spent nearly 15 years in North Carolina before moving up here so my body is still trying to get re-acclimated to the changes.
I’ll get there eventually. 🙂
Whether it’s the sudden changes or getting older (I’ll take the former thank you very much), I’ve been slow getting started with NaNoWriMo this year.
Sitting at 500 words on day 3 kind of slow.
But, at the very least, it’s a start.
I will be working on two writing projects. One’s projected to be about 7,500 words while the other around 10,000 so most likely I won’t win this year. That’s okay just as long as I get the drafts of these two completed by November 30.
The 7,500-word novelette is inspired by the TV show, Deadly Women, I binge watched the past several months. It’ll be a slightly different genre than I’m used to writing, but so far, an enjoyable experience. I plan to post the synopsis later this month. My goal for this story is to hopefully either self-publish it, or place it on Channilo. In the past, majority of the stories I wrote have been horror and/or young-adult with sprinklings of science fiction and fantasy. This particular story is Suspense/Thriller with some Romance.
Stay tuned.
The second project is a serial fiction I started last year called, The Hidden Realm, which is a fantasy/horror story.
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During this month, I plan to finish writing the second half of Part One. Writing serial fiction is tricky for multiple reasons; one being that it requires long-term commitment to post a new installment in a timely manner until either the story’s completed, or you give up on it. I’ve written several in the past, and gave up on them all mostly because I either got bored with it, or got stuck on the storyline. I hope by writing large blocks of the story in a short time and then posting them in small increments will enable me to actually finish this one.
We’ll see.
I will post more on both stories throughout the month of November.
What about you? What are you working on this month?
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This month’s question: Win or not, do you usually finish your NaNo project? Have any of them gone on to be published?
I’ve participated in NaNo nearly every year since 2008, and I will do so again this year. I won twice, first time in 2008, which was the most complete first (and only) draft I’ve written. It’s an apocalypse-science fiction story I titled Hope Falls. It’s to be the first book in a series. I believe it has promise only that…
It’s still sitting on my hard drive (have a binder with printed pages as well–somewhere).
I love to see it published.
Why haven’t I done it yet? I mean, it’s only been NINE years.
Honestly, the editing/revision part scares the crap out of me.
Shorter works I can handle. Just not sure how I’d handle a book-length editing process.
I feel like a wuss.
A coward.
And I’m worried. Really worried. If I’m this frighten over one manuscript why would it be any different with another?
Am I a lost cause? Can I break this rut I’m in?
I’m a published writer in that I have short fiction and poetry published in multiple zines (both online and print). My next goal is to be a published author.
I fear that dream may never come true.
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