So NaNoWriMo is being a bust for me this year. I’m failing to write anything meaningful, despite all the planning I did in October. Instead of forcing myself to continue writing a story that doesn’t really interest me, I’ve had a think about how I planned in the past and I’ve come up with worksheet.
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Monday Motivation Writing Challenge
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What if every single thing you did in a day just went wrong? Link to your story in the comments or respond in a new post and I’ll reblog my favourite one.
This week’s worksheet concentrates on the middle of the story. Why not the beginning or the end? Well, in my experience these are the easiest parts. You know who’s involved and what you want to happen in the end. But the middle is the stinking swamp you need to traverse to get there. The middle is where all the trials begin.
Monday Motivation Writing Challenge
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Smoke swirled in the air, thickening, forming a shape.
Hands, eyes, mouth.
It spoke…
Is it a ghost? A mirage? Something far more sinister? Link to your story in the comments or respond in a new post and I’ll reblog my favourite one.
Monday Motivation Writing Challenge
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This is Harvey, one of the only friends I let dribble on me. I would love to know what’s going through his mind sometimes. What has he seen that makes him so happy?
Link to your story in the comments or respond in a new post and I’ll reblog my favourite one.
NaNoWriMo is just over the hill now. Why don’t we dig a little deeper into the minds and details of our characters before we embark on that adventure?
Monday Motivation Writing Challenge
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Maybe it’s a horror story? Maybe it’s just your cat licking the BBQ sauce off your hand? Link to your story in the comments or respond in a new post and I’ll reblog my favourite one.
With NaNoWriMo looming, it’s about time we started thinking about planning a story.
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