You, or your character, just got a chance to play 20 questions with anyone (dead, alive, famous, or infamous). What are you asking?
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NaNoWriMo prompt – 25/30
Write a 25 word, 25 line, 25 stanza, 25 paragraph, or 25 page piece on the art and/or act of falling in love.
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NaNoWriMo prompt – 24/30
Take something old and make it new again.
Go in your stash of old writing. Take an old piece and give it life again.
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NaNoWriMo prompt – 23/30
What is your spirit animal? Or what is your character’s spirit animal? Which animal best represents you?
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NaNoWriMo prompt – 21/30
Micromoments are six word stories or poems. Take ten minutes and create as many as you can to describe you story, longer poem, or essay. Then leave them alone for a while. Come back no less than an hour later and see where some of them take you.
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NaNoWriMo ~ Day 20 Pep Talk
You are 2/3 of the way there!!!!
We are in the home stretch.
Okay… so what does that really mean?
That really means that you should have 33,333 words.
So what if I don’t?
Don’t be scared. If you do 5,000 words everyday for the next ten days… you can still reach the goal!
Have I lost my mind?
Perhaps. But I want everyone to keep pushing forward. I freely admit that I had to tap out on the novel thing this month. Why? Well… life happened. As much as we don’t want it to during times like this… it snuck up on me.
All is not lost!
I have been writing. Just not a novel. I have been writing poetry. Crafting short stories that I have had in the works.
My plan is to publish the stuff I have done as a testament to those who couldn’t quite do the whole novel thing.
My prompts encourage you to write other forms if novels aren’t for you. Poets could have 30 poems by the end of this month. Depending on their length… that could be a chap book.
MAKE IT HAPPEN FOR YOURSELF!!!!
Reach your writing goal this month.
KEEP WRITING!!!!
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NaNoWriMo prompt – 20/30
Pick one of the seven deadly sins, the one that speaks to you the most, and write about it. If necessary, you can choose more than one. Try to get at least a page or more out of it. How does it speak to you?
Seven Deadly Sins:
wrath, greed, sloth, pride, lust, envy, and gluttony
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NaNoWriMo prompts – 7/30
Write a haiku/senryu about “the morning after”.
A haiku is a three line poem. The first line has 5 syllables, the second has 7 syllables, and the third line has 5 syllables.
Then write a longer piece interpreting the haiku/senryu in a totally different manner than you originally intended.
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Happy New Year… I’ve been busy over here…
Hope everyone is getting off to a great start this year. I know I am!
I have published my first personal project and I am so excited! This is the novel I wrote during National Novel Writing Month.
Check out the first chapter here, on my personal blog.
It is available in paperback for $12 via Createspace.
It is also available for Kindle and Nook.
So, what am I up to now… not resting of course. I am working on publishing the third project from Turtleberry Press, which is my second novel. I am also writing. I feel like I am on a roll and I am going to ride it until the wheels fall off!
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National Novel Writing Month ~ Sprinted in through the finish line…
My track coach said you don’t slow up until the finish line is behind you.
So I clocked in 53,952 words and finished at 4pm today.
The big thing for me is that I set a goal and I saw it through. I am so motivated right now to keep writing. I am thinking of another goal to set. I mean, I know I can do it now so I should keep at it.
Isn’t that how it works?
I know there is now editing and then doing my own layout work… I am my own worst customer… but let me celebrate this moment right now.
There doesn’t have to be a worldwide movement for you to challenge yourself. You don’t have to write a novel.
Set a goal.
Give yourself a time frame.
Work hard to meet it.
And most of all… remember to surprise yourself!!!
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