10 Minute Free Write:
Prompt: Talk about your favorite Thanksgiving and what made it your favorite. If you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, talk about your favorite holiday and don’t forget to include some of your traditions.
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30 Days of Nano – Day 21
StandardBreak Time – Talk/Write about the Author/Book you credit with igniting your writing passion.
30 Days of Nano – Day 20
StandardWhat is the one necessary thing you need to sit down to write?
30 Days of Nano – Day 19
StandardStart a Nano Journal
I know, I know, you’re already writing constantly, but this is a journal for you, and to carry you through the editing in December. It will give you a few moments to clear your mind, do some long-hand writing, and then proceed with your novel and its editing. Give it a try.
30 Days of Nano – Day 18
StandardCombat Writer’s Block
One way is to do something else. Watch a thirty minute sitcom or read a chapter in a book.
Another way is to push through by writing, but not writing what’s giving you the trouble. Take a 10 minute free write. Go through your list of prompts and do a couple and see if that breaks through.
Do readers have any suggestions for the rest of us?
30 Days of Nano – Day 17
StandardWriting Advice from a Pro:
30 Days of Nano – Day 16
StandardI must begin by apologizing for missing the last three days. Things had gotten out of hand. Our schools were closed on Friday because of snow, and that just messes up with my body clock. I’ve also had a weak stomach, and all I wanted to do was stay in bed and continue read Michelle Obama’s book, Becoming (highly recommended).
This piece of advice may seem a bit self-serving (because it is), but it still holds true: cut yourself some slack, give yourself a break, forgive yourself for missing something.
It happens, and it happens to everyone, including the people judging you, although you’re probably judging yourself more harshly than anyone else could. So,
CUT IT OUT!
30 Days of Nano – Day 15
StandardGet yourself some new scenery.
You’ve been writing for fifteen days (probably more) straight, and here we are, we’ve come to the midpoint of this year’s Nanowrimo adventure.
You’ve made it to the halfway point!
Take a deep breath.
Give yourself a pat on the back.
If you’ve fallen behind, today is a new day. Set new goals for the rest of the month. Build in breaks.
If you’re ahead, congratulate yourself and keep it up. You’ve got this.
Take a walk.
Take yourself out to lunch.
Visit a local library to write. Or Starbucks. Or a diner.
Do something different today, and celebrate your great work, and your continued writing.
Nano Update
I took a field trip today and went to my first write-in, met another writer, a lovely woman working on her novel. She led me in twenty minute writing spurts over an hour and a half, which was great; I got a lot done: over 1700 words!
My total for this year’s Nano so far is 2334, which isn’t good, but it’s two thousand more words than I had on November 1st, so tally ho!
Every day is a new day to start again.
30 Days of Nano – Day 14
StandardTake a break…
Let’s go upstate for the summer, let’s stay out late…
-from Hamilton soundtrack
It’s day 14, take a short break, and do something that isn’t writing. It doesn’t have to take much time. Listen to two songs in a row. Take a shower. Have a cup of tea. Or print out this picture, and color. My preferred medium are colored pencils.
Take a Break Color Sheet, Nano, Day 14. Original Art. (c)2018
Griffins and Ginger Snaps 