This year for NaNoWriMo, I’m rewriting the first novel I ever wrote. It’s awful. Back at the end of the 20th century, I worked on my book for over two…
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Starting a Creativity Support Group In Felicia Day’s memoir, “You’re Never Weird on the Internet (Mostly)” she talks about joining a creativity support group. She kept coming to the meetings with…
Imagine the worst In some writing book I read, I don’t remember which one, it advised to think of the worst possible thing to do to a character, and then…
Why write a novel? National Novel Writing Month starts today. This is where crazy people from all around the world write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. There’s something…
I’ve participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for many years, and this year my daughter is joining in with the young writers program. Classrooms and individuals can sign up…
Writing a 50,000 word novel in a month- NaNoWriMo Nuts, huh? I’ve done it…five times! I’ve spewed out over 250,000 words and created five works of narrative fiction that occasionally…
<whine> Rewriting is haaaaarrrd! </end whine>
For me, rewriting is the hardest part of the writing process. This is why I have so many first drafts and very few finished products! When I’m writing, I’m not judging or worrying about being published, especially when I’m doing the NaNoWriMo challenge. It’s all about creating and letting my imagination loose. Rewriting, on the other hand, is about looking over what I’ve created and trying to make it publishable. I am finding a lot of resistance to the process, I think my subconscious thinks that if I never finish, I will never be rejected. I’m fighting low self esteem, fear of failure, despair, frustration and self-sabotage. No wonder I keep finding myself procrastinating and distracted during my writing time!
National Novel Writing Month, November, is here. For those not in the know, it’s a chance to shed all reservations about writing and just write with literary abandon, with the…
