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Category Archives: NaNoWriMoI am losing my mind. Not in the slow, graceful way of the aging woman of character. Fast and loud. For instance: I do things, regular house-y things or different elsewhere things, only to check progress and find that I didn’t do them at all. Like? Oh, how about the laundry that should be dry by... Hey, it’s a quote from Husband!* “Discover what each character needs.” Great writing advice, right? Even though he uses it for films, it’s the same sort of idea. And it can help get me out of a NaNo slump. Because my characters will always need something (a drink of water, a slap, to find the key to... In honor of the fact that this is my 250th post, I am absolutely not going to tell you 250 possibly interesting (or possibly not) things. I am not going to give away 250 random items I have sitting around my house. I am not going to spam 250 people and ask them to read... I’ve been writing a fight – not physical, and not even an argument. It’s a silent avoidance, and sometimes those can be the most painful. Someone is keeping a secret. Someone else makes (totally incorrect) assumptions. Everyone feels bad, bad. Blog O’ Random, coming at you. It is. A good morning, I mean. One thousand words down pre-Kid-wake-up. Plus some research. And do you know what I am finding? In that research? That symptoms of just about any disease or emotional disorder or abuse can be confused with all the others. Which is good for purposes of this novel, but tricky...  I hit about 800 words before kids are up this morning. Be back later… Okay, ’tis later. I’m back. With happiness: At this point I need to celebrate. And eat something. And probably get out of this chair.  Do you know all about this? It begins tomorrow. It’s National Novel Writing Month. NaNoWriMo. Clever, right? (See? I’m like a novel-writing MACHINE. Or something.) I’ve never done it before, but I’m totally in for it this year. I have a plan (the hardest part for me) and a will (um, a close second) and... |
