I’ve completed NaNoWriMo four times. Last year I even reached 80,000 words of half-decent story in 27 days. You’d think that might mean I’ve learnt a lot about writing and word counts, particularly something more than “it’s good to write …
NaNoWriMo: A Two Month Experiment
This is my fifth attempt of writing 50,000 words of novel in 30 days. This year though, I’m using October and November as a two-month experiment into my writing process. It’s a mixture of easy and hard things, and sometimes …
Editing and Rewriting
Since attending the writer’s workshop at the beginning of the month, my head has been in over-drive. Time-scales, publishing options, lessons learnt, and the other participant’s views… And then I had a few comments about how much time I spend …
Show Don’t Tell
For me, line editing is the longest part of the editing process. Like many writers, I have an inner editor who wants every word, phrase and sentence to be perfect. Who doesn’t want their work to be the best it …
Weekend Writing Warriors :: #4
Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors post. The idea is to sign up on their site and share 8 sentences of your writing, published or unpublished, to go live between midday Saturday and 9am Sunday. Then anyone can comment (critiques welcome!) on …
Weekend Writing Warriors :: #3
Welcome to the Weekend Writing Warriors post. The idea is to sign up on their site and share 8 sentences of your writing, published or unpublished, to go live between midday Saturday and 9am Sunday. Then anyone can comment (critiques welcome!) on …