Recommit Yourself We are two weeks into November. I’m supposed to have over 25,000 words. My document has a pitiful 200. Most people would give up. The average word count to win would be 5,000 words or more daily. My best day is 2,000. The next step for me is to recommit to my story. ...

November is a time for good food, embracing body hair, and the start of the holiday season. Starbucks comes out with their holiday drinks just in time for me to drown my writing woes in Caramel Brûlée. Nanowrimo is here. The time of year when I question if this was the correct career choice because ...

November, for me, usually involves the intense drive to finish a novel. This year I have no motivation even to open a word document. I tend to go through periods where I believe I can’t write and hate all of my characters. One solution I have is to completely start from scratch. I can start ...

I had no intention of doing NaNoWriMo this year. I started a new job and knew it would be too much for me. I told my friends, “I’m not going to do it if I know I’m going to fail.” They said, “NaNoWriMo is about committing to writing. It’s not about the word count.” They’re ...

As this year’s long march to the 50K mark begins, there are many plots and cups of coffee brewing. Everyone has their own style of writing: Planner, Pantser, or a Plantser. Each person’s approach to making the 1667 word per day quota is as unique as the participating writers. This my tenth year participating in ...

I made a goal for July’s Camp NaNoWriMo to write my book, You Are The Father, from start to finish. I didn’t win, but the process confirmed what tactics were useful for me and what could derail my writing. I wrote 32k words in ten writing days. I also rewrote and edited a 6k word ...

Have you ever thought about the act of writing? Not how to write, or what style to use, not the blank page you stare at as it taunts you. No, the logistics of sitting down to write. Have you ever spent time on that? This isn’t an attempt to put you in ‘overthinking mode’, but ...

For writers, any excuse to engage in the craft is welcomed. Everyone has busy lives and sometimes finding the time to write can be difficult. Jobs, family responsibilities, school activities, and countless other unplanned detours can derail planned writing time. Let’s face it: life happens, and many times unpredictable circumstances arise. So why engage in ...

It’s November. That means turkey and debates about how everybody skips Thanksgiving like it’s the  Jan Brady of holidays. November also means something else to the writing community: Nanowrimo. It stands for National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write 50,000 words during the month which is the minimum of what is classified as ...

Maybe it isn’t a case of procrastination. Maybe, like countless other writers, your life is busy. November 1st is in less than a week. If you are joining the one month challenge, you may have suddenly realized how close the beginning date is. You may have also realized that you haven’t done one thing to ...