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Wow I guess I do have some catchingup to do! Sounds like fun.
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I don't do NaNoWriMo but I have taught a workshop during it to help folks get that 50K out.
Here's a tip for today. If you think you are stuck, you aren't. Just skip to another scene. There is no one reading this over your shoulder. There is no Great Big Mean Writer's Rule that says you must write the book in order. Many famous bestsellers write scenes as they come and then piece them back in later. So stop worrying about being stuck. Leave that scene where it is. Start another one. |
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Thanks for posting Arwen!!!!! Brilliant!
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Here's today's NaNoWriMo I'm Stuck tip.
When you hit a point where you hate your story or your characters or yourself (lol), go to Google. Type in something about your character and search in images. Then write a scene about that image for your character. Remember, this is about word count and moving forward. When you get to the end of this month, you are going to start adding and removing stuff from your ms (manuscript). So if you get stuck, think in pictures! |
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Best. Tip. EVER.
"Victor Hugo would write naked and tell his valet to hide his clothes so that he'd be unable to go outside when he was supposed to be writing." |
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Lol! That would so not stop the likes of me!
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arwen...
thank you for posting these tips... the google scene tip is excellent... i never thought of it... not even close... thank you... again... |
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Another NaNoWriMo "keep writing" tip.
Remember that you want to show not tell. Telling doesn't put your reader in the scene. You will hear "show don't tell" so much you will want to SCREAM, but there's a reason for that. EXAMPLE: TELLING: Dean thought it was a hot day. He wanted some tea. Instead he found signs of thieves. That made him mad. SHOWING: Sweat pooled under Dean's collar. He knew he would be red as a beet by noon but there was no escaping the west Texas sun. His boots scuffed up dust clouding the fence line. He dreamed of a shade tree and a pretty girl handing him a sweet tea. Cursing softly, he found where the barbed wire had been cut clean and neat by someone who knew what they were after. "Rustlers. I'll kill the varmints when I catch them." In the SHOWING, you not only have more words (Go NaNoWriMo), but you also now know where the character is and you should be able to feel the heat on your own skin. You also know why he's angry and the level of anger.  Keep writing!
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11-07-2010, 09:27 PM
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Well I signed up. I have begun something I wanted to flesh out. We'll see what happens ! This is fun!
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Yet another tip to help you get that word count up for NaNoWriMo.
Nobody is reading this. Nobody is hating this. Nobody is reading this but you. No really. What you are writing right now is not for public consumption. This is the dough for the eventual loaf of bread you will serve. But right now it's a gooey mess of flour and water and salt and yeast. You have to keep at this or it will stay a gooey mess. But no one is reading this yet. So stop worrying about what others think and forge ahead. Don't worry if one scene makes another obsolete. Keep writing. You can scoop that bit of eggshell out later.  |
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FOlks, I DID IT!!!!!!!!!!! 58,442 words!!!!!! HELL YEAH!!!
Thanks to those posting all your tips and if anyone is behind...remember....you still have a whole day and a half! Order pizza, throw on a pot of coffee, drink tons of water, and GO NUTS!!
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