"Are you in a writing flow? Pumping out words and shattering your creative goals? First of all, well..."

“Are you in a writing flow? Pumping out words and shattering your creative goals? First of all, well done! Give yourself a pat on the back and enjoy the moment! It’s one of the best parts of writing, when the story takes shape and slowly becomes a Real Thing™.

 

Second, help yourself pick up tomorrow where you leave off today. End on a cliffhanger. End mid-sentence. End in a place where you’re excited to continue writing, to find out—”

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Marieke Nijkamp is a storyteller, dreamer, globe-trotter, geek. Her debut young adult novel This Is Where It Ends follows four teens during the fifty-four minutes of a school shooting.

Writer’s Care Packages from Camp NaNoWriMo and We Need Diverse Books.