Monday, November 17, 2014

Time to Quit NaNoWriMo? 4 Techniques That Will Keep You Writing



You’ve written 20,000 words or maybe even more. Inspired, you were cruising along, and into your characters and plot. Everything was perfect. And then, all of a sudden, your brain plays the cruelest of tricks. It goes AWOL. Absent without leave, abandoning your burgeoning story. You don’t mind the occasional writer’s block. But this is National Novel Writing Month, and you’ve got a goal to attain.

As you sit there facing the page, though, you’re more tempted to quit than anything else. Is your only alternative to force yourself to write nonsense just to reach a word count? No. As frustrating as this experience may be, this doesn’t mean your writing month is coming to an end or that your book is doomed.

For my tips on how to keep writing, please click here to read the rest of my post on medium.com.

4 comments:

  1. Fascinating stuff. I'm pretty sure I haven't got a book in me, but this insight into how it might all work is really interesting. Thank you!

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    1. Thanks, Margaret! There are lots of roadblocks along the writing path, but the good thing is that there are also many ways to remove the roadblocks. :)

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  2. Great tips! I might even pull out the horribly written 60,000 word mess from last year's NaNoWriMo and implement a few of them. Not at all proud of my writing. smh....

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    1. Thank you! It's difficult when you have that deadline pressure. So many people feel "forced" to reach the word count. I say that if the exercise brings you even an idea or two, or a character, for instance, you've won! We writers are our own worst critics at times. :)

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