National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) kicks off today!

I’ve got a couple hundred words in, mostly just hoping to write a bit every day. Anyone else participating? What are your goals?

Protip: If you’re on Mastodon, you can follow a hashtag just like you can an account, and the #nanowrimo tag is pretty active today. :-)

  • plethora@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’ve got the whole family giving it a go this time around.

    That’s awesome! My 13 year old wrote a few hundred words the first day, but I’m not sure if he’s continuing. He started Skyrim recently, so…

    I’m finding it difficult to motivate myself to be creative after work… Any tips?

    Is there a better time when you feel more creative? I like to write in 15-20 minute sprints 2-3 times a day (although of course some days I do more or less or don’t write at all). Maybe after work would be a good time to work on your outline or other meta-writing? Describing scenes or characters, etc. Then perhaps before work you set a 15 minute timer and just chug out what you can based on the outlining work you did the night before?

    I always find it easier to be creative when I already have some prep to lean on. Putting on the right music can help, too!