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DAY 21 NaNoWriMo Time for me to move on
A decision has been made, I am no longer participating in NaNoWriMo. I have reached a point in my writing in which I want to focus on quality and not quantity, I do not want to wait until after the writing marathon to edit but want to and have been editing as I go.Yesterday, Sunday, I wrote over 2 thousand…
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DAY 20 National Novel Writing Month- A WRITING BREAKTHROUGH!
An unexpected opportunity to write, or perhaps not. Yesterday I wrote about writing challenges, various life events can become a greater priority than writing. Developing a lifestyle that anticipates annual events such as holidays, advanced notices such as weddings and unexpected happenings such as illness or funerals helps maintain the discipline needed to writing, especially when writing is not a…
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DAY 19 National Novel Writing Month – Holiday distractions
There are holidays in which writing is not a problem: Memorial Day, 4th of July, Veterans’ Day and even Valentine’s Day but, writing during Thanksgiving and Christmas is a challenge. If you have a full time job, in a relationship and it is the holiday season a decision has to be made: To write or not to write; it is…
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DAY 18- NaNoWriMo God is my Editor / Publisher
Today I actually did some writing before I started writing my daily thoughts. Eighteen days into NaNoWriMo and I have decided to start writing my mini-book. It will be about six-thousand words and hopefully I can get it published in January as an ebook of course! But, I am not excited about that.It’s the burden of being a Christian Writer…
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DAY 16 NaNoWriMo I don’t feel like writing
Writing when you don’t feel like it is not a good thing. Those are the days in which what you write usually ends up being edited out. Today is one of those days, I am tired. I spent most of the day with my 99 year old great uncle, it was a very enjoyable day but exhausting.Unlike many elderly my…
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DAY 15- NaNoWriMo Writing what is Truth
As a non-fiction writer who does not have “formal” training the challenge is to make sure the reader understands the words presented are the beliefs of the writer and make sure what is being written is credible. Like any book ebooks can be revised, it is easier to update an ebook than a print. My Bible program includes a commentary…