Earlier today I tossed out a question to the twitterverse: “Attn writers: Would you prefer to be paid more for your work (and have less rights) or be paid less (and have more rights)?” My suspicion was that in a digital era where self-publishing is taking an increasingly larger piece of the traditional publishing’s pie, [...]
So, this year’s installment of NaNoWriMo got off to a less than stellar start. I was behind on day one, and it only got worse as the week wore on. Total word count the end of day 7: 2,684 (v. the minimum goal of 11,667). It didn’t help that I started last week with a [...]
Last year I made my first attempt at the NaNoWriMo challenge: write at least a 50,000 word novel from start to finish during the month of November. The resulting novel was garbage (and is still stuck in editing), but the experience was incredibly valuable. There are plenty of posts out there about how to make [...]
The following is a guest post from Tyler Weaver Two types of choice make up the storytelling world of today: The first is the creator’s choice: the choices that we as content creators make to build the world of the story we’re telling. The second is the audience’s choice: limitless, and changeable at the click [...]
I can’t say for sure when my super first day was. I’ve probably had my super power – if you can call it that – all my life. The day I saw “10191987″ spelled out in my bowl of Cheerios, however, was the day I knew I was different. Okay, to be accurate, October 19, [...]
Last month I wrote my first novel. In a fit of madness, I decided to use NaNoWriMo as the “perfect” way to ensure I didn’t give up halfway through. Adding to the challenges was the fact that November included two back-to-back long weekend trips and a long weekend holiday. The timing could not have been [...]
Day 29 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: just over 3,000 Actual Word Count: 3,045 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +1,378 Total Word Count Score: 50,067 Chapters complete: 21 With a day to spare, I inched my way across the 50,000 work goal and promptly [...]
Day 28 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 2,500 Actual Word Count: 2,101 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +434 Total Word Count Score: 47,022 Chapters complete: 20 Wrapped up the climax chapter, but I’m still staring down a 3K work final chapter, which feels long. [...]
Day 27 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 3,000 Actual Word Count: 3,435 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +1,768 Total Word Count Score: 44,921 Chapters complete: 19 In to the home stretch. Just started the climax chapter, which leaves a chapter for wrap-up. It won’t [...]
Day 26 stats: Min. Daily Average Word Count: 1,667 Word Count Goal: 2,500 Actual Word Count: 2,073 Daily Word Count Score (words in excess of min daily average): +406 Total Word Count Score: 41,486 Chapters complete: 18 Just slugging out words at this point and trying to get Mia/Kenji/Sora to the climax location. Planning on [...]