7 Days until NaNoWriMo!
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Only 7 days now! Well, it's more like 6 because I'm going to be starting at midnight on the dot...or perhaps if Halloween takes a turn for the greater I'll be partying in something with lots of fake blood hehe.
As I cannot contain my excitement, I'll blog through it! And today's post is on getting those 1,667 words a day, or if you're like me, you'll have a great start and then slump in the middle when you've hit 25,000 and wonder to yourself how you're going to continue. So I've got a few tips which I use when I hit the slump in the middle of the month.
I say this to everyone, so take this as a precaution and some of you may already be weary of it, but if you're not then I've just saved you a good couple of months...although learning this the hard way is so much easier for it to stay perfectly etched in your brain. NEVER EDIT! NEVER READ OVER WHAT YOU'VE JUST WRITTEN (unless completely necessary, and that necessity being inspiration for writing the rest of your novel) so NEVER EDIT!
I am going to take a huge guess here but everyone here has other commitments, writing isn't the primary thing on any of your lives, but if it is, then you're probably either successful or you're spouse is the one who brings in the bacon or something like that. However, if you have children, a job, school etc. then you're going to be thinking of ways to get around that to do some writing.
So, having a planner of your activity of what you're doing...this can be done this week as you're not going to be stressed out until next week when November starts. Just list all your commitments that CANNOT or WILL NOT be moved and then work around them! I suppose this isn't a tip but more of something that needs to be done and we might all do them in our own way i.e. mentally, but if you have it down on a piece of a paper, then you're more likely to stick to it…well I am. If you only have your children to cater for then when they're at school or when you put them to bed I suppose is the only time you're going to get really (I'm not a parent, there might be other times when you can write, but when I've talked with my writer friends who are parents they always say that they can only write when their children are in bed).
Get to know how many words you can type in 15 minutes, half an hour, and an hour because you might wish to write more than 1,667 words a day because you've planned to write a 60,000 word novel instead of 50,000. I can write 100 – 300 words in 15 minutes depending on the planning that I've done for the chapter etc.
So for me, I need to write for 3 – 4 hours a day and that has to go around university work, blogging, and I'm writing two other novels and still editing Lumen, but in terms of writing I'll be focuses on hitting the 1,667 on Ice Cream Sundae.
Don't let your well of inspiration dry up and don't write a huge chunk of your novel right at the beginning. I do this and I would strongly recommend it if you've planned your novel. Write exactly 1,667 words and then STOP! Or however many words you're planning to do daily (maybe you're taking a day off one day a week etc.) And for you Americans I hear Thanksgiving is in November! So Good Luck!
I want you to be a winner! And all that merits is being able to hit 50,000 words in a month. I can do it! You can do it! And all it takes is a little preparation. Also, keep your eyes peeled for tomorrow's post which is going to be on motivation and getting through those 30 days and 30 nights!
Happy WriMoing!
-Joseph
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As I cannot contain my excitement, I'll blog through it! And today's post is on getting those 1,667 words a day, or if you're like me, you'll have a great start and then slump in the middle when you've hit 25,000 and wonder to yourself how you're going to continue. So I've got a few tips which I use when I hit the slump in the middle of the month.
I say this to everyone, so take this as a precaution and some of you may already be weary of it, but if you're not then I've just saved you a good couple of months...although learning this the hard way is so much easier for it to stay perfectly etched in your brain. NEVER EDIT! NEVER READ OVER WHAT YOU'VE JUST WRITTEN (unless completely necessary, and that necessity being inspiration for writing the rest of your novel) so NEVER EDIT!
I am going to take a huge guess here but everyone here has other commitments, writing isn't the primary thing on any of your lives, but if it is, then you're probably either successful or you're spouse is the one who brings in the bacon or something like that. However, if you have children, a job, school etc. then you're going to be thinking of ways to get around that to do some writing.
So, having a planner of your activity of what you're doing...this can be done this week as you're not going to be stressed out until next week when November starts. Just list all your commitments that CANNOT or WILL NOT be moved and then work around them! I suppose this isn't a tip but more of something that needs to be done and we might all do them in our own way i.e. mentally, but if you have it down on a piece of a paper, then you're more likely to stick to it…well I am. If you only have your children to cater for then when they're at school or when you put them to bed I suppose is the only time you're going to get really (I'm not a parent, there might be other times when you can write, but when I've talked with my writer friends who are parents they always say that they can only write when their children are in bed).
Get to know how many words you can type in 15 minutes, half an hour, and an hour because you might wish to write more than 1,667 words a day because you've planned to write a 60,000 word novel instead of 50,000. I can write 100 – 300 words in 15 minutes depending on the planning that I've done for the chapter etc.
So for me, I need to write for 3 – 4 hours a day and that has to go around university work, blogging, and I'm writing two other novels and still editing Lumen, but in terms of writing I'll be focuses on hitting the 1,667 on Ice Cream Sundae.
Don't let your well of inspiration dry up and don't write a huge chunk of your novel right at the beginning. I do this and I would strongly recommend it if you've planned your novel. Write exactly 1,667 words and then STOP! Or however many words you're planning to do daily (maybe you're taking a day off one day a week etc.) And for you Americans I hear Thanksgiving is in November! So Good Luck!
I want you to be a winner! And all that merits is being able to hit 50,000 words in a month. I can do it! You can do it! And all it takes is a little preparation. Also, keep your eyes peeled for tomorrow's post which is going to be on motivation and getting through those 30 days and 30 nights!
Happy WriMoing!
-Joseph
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