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Award-winning novelist

Again, I have slain the writer’s-block beast and churned out 50,000 words of prose to win National Novel Writing Month. Woot! ’80s dance tunes, playing loud. Last November, I had an outline, semi-solid characters, enough plot and historical details all in a row to mow down the first draft of my Manchester story (which ran [...]

Posted 29 November 2010 † nickyp § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Ready, go!

National Novel Writing Month starts Monday. In the next 30 days, I’m going to write at least 50,000 words on a new story that I have only the vaguest idea of at the moment. I think it will be contemporary, and I’m going to try to make it sassy if not snarky; I’ve been finding [...]

Posted 31 October 2010 † nickyp § Learning § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

Revving the NaNo engine

Less than a week until National Novel Writing Month! I have my characters, motivations, some shreds of plot and high hopes I can spew out far more than the minimum 50,000 words in November. And you?

Posted 26 October 2009 † nickyp § Writing ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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