Christmas is almost upon us, and I hope you’re managing to keep up your writing practice throughout the holidays. This can be a hard time for many of us and is most definitely a pretty busy time, so I just wanted to give you a few ideas to help you to keep up your daily writing routine.
Last week, I wrote a post about the best 18 gifts to give your writer-friend/family member for Christmas. But in this short post, I want to give you the top 5 writing gifts you could gift yourself, as a writer, this Christmas. This page contains copious affiliate or referral links, which means I receive a small commission if you decide to click through and buy anything. This is
It’s been a while coming, but I am finally ready to write my review on Katharine Grubb’s book, Write a Novel in Ten Minutes a Day. Why has it taking me so long? Well, firstly, I was trying write my novel following her methodology, and then I got a bit sidetracked by NaNoWriMo. But here we are, finally.
So, you’re finished your Nanowrimo novel or you’re pretty close to finishing. You’re probably thinking now – what do I next? What am I going to do with this hunk of manuscript that I’ve been slaving over for the past month?
In case you are late to the party and still want to join up; it’s definitely not too late, depending on your commitment and time availability. If you are just starting now, I’d recommend starting with a high daily word count, and almost so a reverse word count for the rest of the month. If you are going to start now, I’d recommend you check out my recent
How are you going in Nanowrimo so far, a week in? I have to admit, I am struggling a bit. It’s very hard to find time while caring for my toddler, who is currently refusing her day naps. It’s at times like this when I like to fall back on writing prompts to help me through. Even if I can only fit in a few words here and there,
You’ve signed up for Nanowrimo, you’ve finished preparing your outline… But how do you guarantee you reach your daily word count to win Nanowrimo by the end of November? There are three things you should do ensure your success: Commit Show up Write And don’t worry – we are all short on time, so I’ll make this post as short as possible:) If you need further
Since it’s coming up to November I thought I’d throw out some NaNoWriMo Writing Prompts in preparation. There is one book, in particular, which has helped carry me through the month of November in past years: Martha Alderson’s The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts.
So, I must admit; trying to complete a novel within my limited available time is just not happening, at least, not in three allotted months it’s not. In this post, I’ll go into the reason’s why trying to write a novel in 3 months might not work for you either.
This week I wanted to give you a set of Halloween Writing Prompts to inspire some spooky stories for this month, considering there are a few Halloween themed writing competition’s around. I was hoping to provide you with some original writing prompts, but I have to admit, that after much brainstorming, horror type prompts are just not my thing. So instead, I will provide you with a list of
