WRITING!
Guys, I’m super excited. I’m finally taking some real, concrete steps toward writing this book I’ve been talking about for so long.
First of all, I’ve signed up for my very first, real life writing workshop. Starting in December, I will be working with an online writing group where I’ll be able to submit drafts, get critiques and even work one-on-one with this amazing, published writer woman who - I’m hoping - will provide my much needed ass kicking to get me to actually work on the memoir that is inside of me.
In the meantime, November is coming up and for those of you who don’t know, that means NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. Basically, NaNoWriMo is a website slash authors’ forum that encourages writers to create a first draft of a 50,000-word novel in 30 days, specifically the ones that fall in November. I figure it’s perfect timing for me. I can get a solid chunk of writing done and have something to workshop once December rolls around.
That means that for the rest of this month, I will be putting together a rough outline, figuring out a focus and really starting to pull shit into a cohesive plan to bring this book to life. Yippee!
October 5th, 2011 at 6:15 pm
YEAH!
October 5th, 2011 at 6:16 pm
NaNoWriMo is my favorite time of year!
October 6th, 2011 at 10:30 am
It’s the most wonderful time of the year …
October 10th, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Sounds like an amazing opportunity! Go for it! Good luck!
October 18th, 2011 at 4:51 pm
Lori! Thanks for reading AND the encouragement. xoxo