Saturday, November 12, 2011

NaNoWriMo - Day 12

Pep Talk

Our halfway mark is Tuesday, November 15th!  Regardless of your word count, keep writing.  If you don't meet your word count goal by the 30th, you can still continue writing your book.  In fact, one year I finished with 50,000 and went on to write another 30,000. 

The most important thing to remember is that you are writing, and that makes you a winner!

Okay - so let's get down to business.  Where are you in your book?  There are so many aspects of writing besides moving the storyline forward.  You can write about the setting, the characters' background, the backstory, the antagonists' motivations...  If you're stuck, go back to the basics of journalism:  who, what, when, where, why and how.  Ask yourself these journalistic questions on every aspect of your book.  Trust me - you'll see the holes in your story and realize you've got more to write. 

Keep going, Wrimos!

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