NaNoWriMo Tips, Tools, and Support
~ By Melina Kantor Well. It’s October 19th. My guess is that for a vast majority of people in this world, today’s date, 12 days before November, isn’t a cause for panic, or mad dashes to the store to stockpile coffee. Unless of course, you’re a Wrimo, in which case my reminding you that there […]
[Repost] Interview With Lani Diane Rich
Hello Readers, It’s Melina here. With NaNoWriMo approaching, I thought it would be fun to repost this interview with Lani Diane Rich. I also want to mention that Lani has created a wonderful community of writers at Storywonk. If you’re looking for a group to get you through NaNo, head on over there and check it out! […]
Wednesday Writing Prompt
~ By Jeff Salter Hi Everybody. It’s Melina here. Today we’re lucky to have another fun writing prompt. And for those of you who are looking to exercise your NaNoWriMo muscles, this is perfect! It doesn’t have ninjas, but it does have zombies. So get writing! If you try this, leave a comment and let […]
Shifting Gears: From Scripts to Novels
~ By Deb McIntyre After many years of writing spec scripts for TV and feature films (with just enough success to keep the carrot dangling in front of my nose), I was getting restless. Scripts are a rigid format and I had all these ideas that just wouldn’t work as movies….but maybe could be novels? […]
NaNoWriMo Day #28
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 28! Three days left! No matter what your word count is, hopefully your story and your characters are taking shape. Isn’t it a great feeling? Today’s inspiration: The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. ~ Arthur C. Clarke 50K seem impossible? […]
NaNoWriMo Day #25
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 25! Happy Thanksgiving to our American reader and writer friends! Of course we hope that you find time to write today, but we also hope you have plenty of time to relax and enjoy! We here at the blog are definitely thankful for our chick lit loving community, which of course includes […]
NaNoWriMo Day #23
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 23! How’s Week Four treating you so far? That’s right. It’s Week 4. . . Today’s inspiration: “Be shocking, be daring, be bold, be passionate.” ~ Jane Porter If you ask really nicely, your muses will be more than happy to help you with this! Your random challenge word of the day is: heap […]
NaNoWriMo Day #22
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 22! Happy Monday, everyone. Here’s hoping you all have a short work week and will be able to find some time to escape the holiday madness to write. Today’s inspiration: Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn’t wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know […]
NaNoWriMo Day #21
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 21! How are those word counts coming? Skyrocketing, we hope! Today’s inspiration: The faster you blurt, the more swiftly you write, the more honest you are. ~ Ray Bradbury And therein lies the whole point behind NaNo. 🙂 Your random challenge word of the day is: sideways Maybe your character is being looked at […]
NaNoWriMo Day #20
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 20! We’ve got ten days left! Today, to kick off our writing-filled weekends, we’re giving you a question from the “Truth or Dare” app. How would your protagonist (or any character of your choosing) answer this question? Can you work the answer into your story? What secret wish do you have that […]
NaNoWriMo Day #17
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 17! Today, we thought we’d try something a little different. Instead of a quote, we’re giving you (actually, your protagonist) a random question from the “Funversation iPhone App.” Hopefully, the answer(s) will spark a scene, or two, or three. . . Here it goes: Tell about an event that happened that at […]
NaNoWriMo Day #16
Welcome to NaNoWriMo, Day 16! How’s week three going? As you know, we at the blog highly recommend eavesdropping to get your muses going. And since we strive to be helpful, we’ve done some listening in for you: Friday morning before work, two guys in shirts and ties in a breakfast café reveal their plans: “My […]
