27/30
Make a list of 5 to 10 things you dislike/hate about yourself (or your character hates about themselves).
Now write a love note, poem, or story honoring those things and how they make you (or your character) unique.
28/30
Write about a smile, and how thankful you are for it. Write about more than one if you are so moved. If you are a fiction writer, write about a smile that changes your character’s life or outlook.
Happy Writing!
You, or your character, just got a chance to play 20 questions with anyone (dead, alive, famous, or infamous). What are you asking?
Happy Writing!
Write a 25 word, 25 line, 25 stanza, 25 paragraph, or 25 page piece on the art and/or act of falling in love.
Happy writing!
Take something old and make it new again.
Go in your stash of old writing. Take an old piece and give it life again.
Happy Writing!
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.
Happy Writing!
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!!!!
8/30
Complete this line and then keep the thought going:
The first time I saw his/her face I thought…
9/30
What do you see when you close your eyes?
Happy Writing!!!
You are in a grocery store/farmer’s market with the person you find yourself falling for.
Your vocal cords are not working.
There are no paper products to write on or with words that can express your feeling for you.
All you have is food and drinks.
How do you tell them how you feel?
Happy Writing!
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!!!
Write in a form you typically do not write in. Step out of your comfort zone. If you write long epic poems, pen your thoughts in a haiku. If you write fiction, write a short memoir piece. If you write non-fiction, exercise your imagination in a short story.
Need a topic: pigs flying
(This topic in honor of the fact that I may actually finish a novella during nanowrimo!)
Happy Writing!
Turtleberry Press 