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Some writing resources
Hello fellow scribblers, I wanted to share some resources of late that I have found very helpful in my writing.
Word Frequency macro--if you're curious how many times all the words in your Word doc appear, this bit of code is for you! It's helpful for spotting passive voice and can help you exercise your word power.
Word Hippo--the thesaurus ( Read more... ) -
Yay!
30 days and 50,410 words later...I would have finished earlier last week but my motivation was just zapped! I was only doing 600 or 700 words a day and made a big push on the weekend. I loved the little winner video at the end :-)
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Anyone else who needs to catch up?
I'm writing free hand, am almost 8000 words short, haven't written anything today yet and start to think it's impossible to catch up at this point. But I'm not giving up yet. Because on the other hand, I don't think I've ever written that much in such a short period of time, and that alone makes me happy.
(Oh, and here's my NaNoWriMo tag, over at ( Read more... ) -
Help!
Last night, I churned out my story, just to give my characters some closure.
I am less than 5000 words away from winning. But I ran out of story!
Does anybody have tips on how to fluff things up? (If it helps, the story happens on a celebrity dating show - I know, I know - and I've written quite a few 'interview' sections.) -
Advice from an Author on Word Count
A while ago, a friend pointed me to Deadline Dames, a group blog from nine published women. Today's post on word count goals is quite relevant for anyone doing NaNoWriMo or any other NaNo-style event, so I figured I'd mention it here. It does indeed work - when I am not feeling in the writing mood, I tend to do something similar to what she -
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Daily Word Count
Post your Daily Word Count here!
Remember, no excerpts please. That is in a separate post!
Keep up the good work everyone! Remember, every word is a step towards your goal. -
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Daily Word Count
Post your Daily Word Count here!
Remember, no excerpts please. That is in a separate post!
Keep up the good work everyone! Remember, every word is a step towards your goal. -
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Daily Word Count
Post your Daily Word Count here!
Remember, no excerpts please. That is in a separate post!
Keep up the good work everyone! Remember, every word is a step towards your goal. -
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Daily Word Count
Post your Daily Word Count here!
Remember, no excerpts please. That is in a separate post!
Keep up the good work everyone! Remember, every word is a step towards your goal. -
Word Counts?
Today someone made a post about varying word counts due to different programs. Curious, I tested mine and here were the results ( Read more... )