Saturday, November 12, 2016

Pep Talk 11/12/2016 Saturday, Week 2



Hello!  This is Saturday of Week 2 of NaNoWriMo. To be on target for 50K by November 30th, your word count goal for the end of today is: 20004

I hope you are still writing and still excited. It has been an odd week here in the USA. The Election happened and there are protests and other events going on. It has been a big distraction for many people. Except for the night of the Election itself, I have been able to hunker down and get my words in. Two of the reasons I am getting my words in are 1) I am hosting two Write-Ins every weekend at the local library. Whether anyone else shows up, I’m there, my computer is there, I might as well write. Today I didn’t even get 2000 words in during the Write-In but that’s OK. I got words on the computer. It’s all good. 2) I belong to a Facebook Writers Group. They have official sprints every Sunday. Folks will also reach out and say “I need some sprints. Who wants to sprint with me?” I did sprints with two other folks in a chatroom yesterday for an hour. It was great.

If you feel stuck – do something different. Write out of order. Write from the POV of another character. Interview your characters. Rewrite the beginning. Change the ending. Start in the middle and change what happens after. JUST KEEP WRITING.

Your affirmation for today is:  My writing is a stream of feeling that flows from my heart to my reader’s heart.

Write bunches, write with joy!


Bright the Day -- Cedar

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