A Writer’s New Year’s Resolutions

1. Read
2. Write
3. Write
4. Read
5. Rewrite
6. Write some more

Since September the amount of time I’ve had to read and write has been pitifully little. My New Year’s resolutions can therefore come as no surprise.

Half Way There: Chapter Length and NaNoWriMo Update

Little over half way through NaNoWriMo, and it has been exhilarating! I’ve never written a consecutive story for so long (18 days is perhaps not that long, but it is for me). I’ve kept going because I gave myself 2 rules (inspired by the workshop I took with Cecile, which you can read the review here):

1. Keep going and don’t look back.
2. End the day with the first sentence of what you are going to write the next day.

Writing strategy [2]

Last week, I got this wonderful idea to create some extra time for my writing. The plan was simple: get up at 6 o’clock every morning and write till 7. I was fully aware this was going to be a challenging endeavour. So here’s how my week turned out.

Monday

The most marvellous thing happened to me: I managed to get up at 6. Still half asleep, I turned on the computer and made some tea. At 6.15 I was fully awake with my computer running and a cup of steaming hot tea next to me. Despite the earliness I wrote two posts and managed to figure out how to incorporate a film into my blog posts. The only thing I nearly forgot was that it was Monday and that I had to go to work. My goal for Tuesday: getting up 15 minutes earlier so that I’m actually typing at six. I set another alarm to remind myself to go to work.

Write the Novel: a NaNoWriMo Workshop at the Amsterdam Writing Workshops

(Note: NaNoWriMo is the write a novel in a month challenge, you write 1,500-2,000 words a day for a month and at the end, ta-da, you have written a novel.)

Sofia: In the spirit of dispersing the demons of All Hallows Eve,  I went with Cecile to the NaNoWriMo workshop held at the Amsterdam Library on the 27th of November, which was given by the lovely people of the Amsterdam Writing Workshops.

It was great! I’ve been wanting to participate in NaNoWriMo for years. Every year I’m either too late, too early or have my priorities confused. But this year I’m definitely giving it a try.

Cecile: Like Sofia, I haven’t participated in NaNoWriMo due to several reasons. Time being my major reoccurring problem and the word count being the runner up. How in the world am I suppose to write 50,000 words in just 30 days?