#NaNoWriMo 30-day writing bootcamp (Week 2)
Day 8: You’ll be sure of the names of your main characters by now. Look up the meaning ( is a good site, and has a fun random name generator to shake things up a little.) How can you include something from this in your section today?
Day 9: What’s the weather like? Too often we forget to add external details such as weather and season in our writing. How does this change the story?
Day 10: 5,000 words… and counting! Find a motivational quote about writing and stick it on your computer. One of my favourites is: “You fail only if you stop writing” – Ray Bradbury.
Day 11: What can your character smell?
Day 12: A letter comes…
Day 13: Interview your character: see www.sarahsalway.net/developing-characters
Day 14: If you’ve been writing in the same place every day, try something different. A new room in the house maybe, or a café. Take a bus and write on the top deck. Experiment.
Read Sarah’s full 30-day writing bootcamp in issue 3 of Publishing Talk Magazine, plus lots more advice, features and tutorials. Join the mailing list to get a free PDF copy as soon as it publishes!
