MARSHA WRITES

  • Marsha

    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…

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    NaNoWriMo Day #16

    My word count 18,634 to be on target I should have written at least 25,000 words.  No it is not time to give up. Putting things in perspective I need to write 2,092 words to achieve fifty thousand words by November 30th today I wrote 2,207 words. All goals need to be evaluated every now and then. Recently I updated…

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    NaNoWriMo Day #14

    I am still here! I admit to having a day of writers block but that was the least of my worries! Writing is a solo sport,  occasionally when I look at what other people are doing it is a distraction causes self doubt. On day 11 I did not like the direction my plot was going and apparently my characters…