According to the Nano site I have been doing NaNo since 2006. I’ve had some wins and some loses and skipped years. I tried to write the year I was pregnant and due in November. Needless to say once my water broke, I was not able to complete that year. I know that there are…
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Focus Fox: Prepare
Focus Fox says: By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. Said no Panster ever. Benjamin Franklin and nanowrimo mashup
Nano and me
I joined nano in 2005. I needed something to convert writing from something I thought about to something that I did. Many of the novels I’ve completed this year have their roots in nano. Book of Secrets started off as a book called Pack in 2015 and then was revised for 2016. Relic was the…
Short Story: Finding the perfect title
In a valiant attempt to focus on nano this year, I decided to chronicle my journey creating a humorous short story as a series of blog posts I could schedule over November. (And beyond Bawhahahaha) At this point I have an idea, a character, an archetype, at least thought about the ending twist, reviewed some…
Short Story: Checklist
In a valiant attempt to focus on nano this year, I decided to chronicle my journey creating a humorous short story as a series of blog posts I could schedule over November. (And beyond Bawhahahaha) At this point I have an idea, a character, an archetype, at least thought about the ending twist, reviewed some…
Short Story: Middle – try fail cycles
In a valiant attempt to focus on nano this year, I decided to chronicle my journey creating a humorous short story as a series of blog posts I could schedule over November. (And beyond Bawhahahaha) At this point I have an idea, a character, an archetype, at least thought about the ending twist, reviewed some…
Short Story: Beginning – What does it need to do?
In a valiant attempt to focus on nano this year, I decided to chronicle my journey creating a humorous short story as a series of blog posts I could schedule over November. (and beyond… bawhahaha) We have already talked about the idea, some character basics, character archetypes, and finding the humor with a journalistic approach….
Thoughts on Nano
This year was lucky number thirteen participating in Nano – National Novel Writing Month. Like anything else in life, this event was full of opinions about the right way to participate. There were people who turn their noses’ up at this event. Their contention was that it’s for amateurs. A professional ought to be doing 50K…
Short Story: Finding the humor – Illogical Comparisons
In a valiant attempt to focus on nano this year, I decided to chronicle my journey creating a humorous short story as a series of blog posts I could schedule over November. We have already talked about the idea, some character basics, character archetypes, and finding the humor with a journalistic approach. One of the…
Short Story: Finding the Humor – Journalistic Approach
In a valiant attempt to focus on nano this year, I decided to chronicle my journey creating a humorous short story as a series of blog posts I could schedule over November. At this point I have an idea, a character, an archetype, at least thought about the ending twist, and reviewed some other humor…