MARSHA WRITES

  • Marsha

    NaNoWriMo Day #30

    Today is the last day and  now thousands of individuals are taking a break before they begin the process of editing their manuscript. Quite a few have written more than 50,000 words duing National Novel Writing Month.  I on the other hand did not break the 25K mark and I am very pleased with my results. CONGRATULATIONS NaNoWriMo Winners!  I…

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    NaNoWriMo Day #27

    Seriously? You think I am not taking the challenge serious?  Well let me tell you: I am taking this very serious perhaps to serious. I do like the plot I developed, however, since I never know what the characters are going to do until they introduce themselves I just did not know how things were going to unfold.  When I…

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    NaNoWriMo Day #26

    Are you still there? Dear Reader I am sorry, I am at the point in which I am enjoying my manuscript so much so that I need to know more. I simply cannot write one more word about Hope or Moses until I know more about their history. Soooo, while the elders worship the Lord in song on the pagoda…

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    NaNoWriMo Day #21

    It’s the believability clause! Not that I have to be 100% accurate when I insert historical information into my novel however, when writing about events that occurred in the past it is important that your plot agrees with history as closely as possible. For example: there were no automobiles in 1776. I wanted the character Moses to come from the…

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    NaNoWriMo Day #19

    It is to early for a word count, therefore I will not be sharing one today.  However, it is safe to assume that it will probably be less than 500. I am trying to decide if I have outgrown NaNoWriMo or if my projects are bigger than thirty days. It is the difference between sprinting and marathons, they are both…

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    NaNOWriMo Day #18

    ……and then I fell in love. I could not help it. I fell in love with one of the characters, he is after all the perfect man for my leading lady!  What does this mean? It means I cannot rush because I want the reader to love him as much as I do thus I must develop his character so that…