Advice: You did it! You survived NaNoWriMo! Did you make your count, declare yourself a winner, and collect your goodies from NaNoWriMo.org? Did you have your celebratory drink, dessert or chocolate bar ( Read more... )

Advice: What if I write 50,000 words, but I still haven’t reached the end of the story by Nov. 30 ( Read more... )

Advice: Don't judge your first draft. Whether it's written in a month or longer, it doesn't matter. 50,000 words isn't a full fledged novel in general, so regardless of what gets written, you'll need to finish the story and edit after November anyway.

Prompt: Incorporate the closest object on your right into your next sentence

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Advice: If stuck, try a change of scenery. Take a notebook outside, to a park, a coffee shop, a mall or the beach or anywhere that might offer inspiration and a different way to look at things. If you typically write on paper, try writing at the keyboard and vice versa. Write at the kitchen table instead of your desk. Anything that offers a shift ( Read more... )

Advice: Take a break. If you've banked some words, take advantage of that and take a day off. It'll be okay.

Prompt: “I didn’t expect to see you here…”

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Advice: Get pep talks and feedback from other writers…and offer it in return. Sometimes connecting with other writers in a similar pickle (and when haven't we all been in the same ruts and quandaries at some point?) is an effective way of getting back to the words ( Read more... )

Advice: Write any way” and I think that’s a key part of writing - sometimes the words will flow easily and other times each single syllable will be a struggle to get out, but whether it’s one word or a thousand it all counts. Whatever kind of day I’ve had I try to let that go and focus on my book universe, and write any way, anyway - and I always ( Read more... )

Advice: There will be times you’ll want to quit during November. This is okay. Everyone who wins NaNoWriMo wanted to quit at some point in November. Stick it out. See it through

Prompt: A car appeared on the horizon

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Happy Monday!  If you’re here in the US, this is Thanksgiving week and I hope that you all have something to be thankful for this year.  November and December are tough months for me, but I have so much more positive in my life than negative and ya gotta hold onto that, right?

Reminders:

1. Flash Challenge!  Your flash challenge prompt is: ( Read more... )

Advice: Ask for help with things you usually do. For me, it's the household stuff, cooking dinners and laundry, things I like to stay on top of to make life easier in general. Those things tend to slide in November, and I care less when my family knows it's going to happen, and they're willing to help ( Read more... )