Mur Lafferty's Blog, page 30
November 11, 2020
No Magic Bullets - Rerun
DESPITE what I posted yesterday about the power of placebos, you still have to do the work, sorry to say. Ain't nothing out there going to do it for you. And around this time you have to remember that. Just also remember you're not alone.
Goal: 18,333
November 11, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 12, 2017 Season 16 Ep 45 (Episode 542) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
November 10, 2020
WMUR - The People's Placebo - Rerun
Do you need that cup of tea, or the right music, or your lucky Star Wars figure to sit beside your monitor so you can imagine it saying "you got this!" Whatever feather you need to hold in your trunk, if it helps you get the words done, then don't knock it.
Goal: 16666
November 10, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 12, 2017 Season 16 Ep 44 (Episode 541) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
November 9, 2020
Write whenever you can - Rerun
I talk about good old Chuck Palahniuk and how he wrote Fight Club. If it's good enough for the NYT Bestseller then it's good enough for you! Or something more motivational. (He wasn't a bestseller when he wrote Fight Club, you know.)
November 9, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 17, 2015 Season 16 Ep 43 (Episode 540) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
WMUR - Nonlinear Writing - Rerun
Write whatever scene is in your mind. Don't worry about whether it follows the last scene, or even if it's got the right characters. Just get the words down, and fix it in edits!
Goal: 13333
November 8, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 6, 2017 Season 16 Ep 42 (Episode 539) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
November 8, 2020
Filler - Rerun
Now is the time to pull out all your description: food, drink, color, touch, adverbs, adjectives, spelling out contractions, etc. All of that and more. Get those words in, by any means necessary!
Goal- 11666
November 7, 2020 | Rerun from Nov. 11, 2015 Season 16 Ep 41 (Episode 538) | murverse.com Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License
Distractions - Rerun
Should have run November 6. Considering how distracted/low energy I've been this week, I figured getting back to the daily show with a distractions episode was appropriate. Catching up with a lot of episodes today.
Goal- 10,000
My wordcount- ...not 10k
November 6, 2020 | Originally posted November 4, 2015 | Copyright 2020 Mur Lafferty, BY-NC-SA
November 5, 2020
Comparing yourself to others - Rerun
TL;DR - Don't. But the podcast is cleverer than that.
Your wordcount is your own and that's OK.
Me, I'm dealing with a lot of intensity with current events and confusion with my WiP. I'm behind. But I don't care. I am moving on the story and that's what matters.
Goal: 8333
November 5, 2020 | Originally posted November 11, 2017 | Copyright 2020 Mur Lafferty, BY-NC-SA
November 4, 2020
PCs and NPCs - Rerun
We are back with our 2016 fantasy RPG, and we discuss the importance of both PCs (aka Player Characters, aka the important people in your stories) and NPCs (the spear carries and the cashiers and the red shirts and those troopers that Jedi have no problem killing but they can't kill the actual evil guy cause that's WRONG. Ahem. Tangent.)
November 4, 2020 | Originally posted Nov. 10, 2016 | Copyright 2020 Mur Lafferty, BY-NC-SA
WMUR- Bike Brothers! What Can Break? - Rerun
Back in 2017 my NaNoWriMo MO was to spoof on radio shows. This is my Car Talk homage. We don't like it when things break, but our stories need them to!
Goal: 5000
November 3, 2020 | Originally posted Nov. 4, 2017 | Copyright 2020 Mur Lafferty, BY-NC-SA
November 2, 2020
How DARE You? - Rerun
You'll get pushback during NaNoWriMo. Some people will make fun. Some will dismiss you. Some will be downright jackasses. BUT I am a skilled jackass-to-English translator, and I cover what some of those comments mean.
Goal: 3333 words
This year November will feature daily reruns of past NaNoWriMo episodes! Tune into Twitch.tv/mightymur for live write-ins on Tuesday and Thursday, 12:30 EST.
November 2, 2020 | Episode 533 | Rerun from Nov. 20, 2015 Copyright 2020, Mur Lafferty | BY-NC-SA 3.5 License murverse.com
