National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) kicks off today!

I’ve got a couple hundred words in, mostly just hoping to write a bit every day. Anyone else participating? What are your goals?

Protip: If you’re on Mastodon, you can follow a hashtag just like you can an account, and the #nanowrimo tag is pretty active today. :-)

  • PotentialProblem@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’ve got the whole family giving it a go this time around. (Kids and wife) My daughter is hyped and has about 5,000 words written. My son probably closer to 1,000. I spent the last month reading Save the Cat with them and now we’re going through “On Writing” by Stephen King.

    I got 500 words in yesterday… but am on here instead of writing today…

    I’m finding it difficult to motivate myself to be creative after work… Any tips?

    • plethora@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I’ve got the whole family giving it a go this time around.

      That’s awesome! My 13 year old wrote a few hundred words the first day, but I’m not sure if he’s continuing. He started Skyrim recently, so…

      I’m finding it difficult to motivate myself to be creative after work… Any tips?

      Is there a better time when you feel more creative? I like to write in 15-20 minute sprints 2-3 times a day (although of course some days I do more or less or don’t write at all). Maybe after work would be a good time to work on your outline or other meta-writing? Describing scenes or characters, etc. Then perhaps before work you set a 15 minute timer and just chug out what you can based on the outlining work you did the night before?

      I always find it easier to be creative when I already have some prep to lean on. Putting on the right music can help, too!