Someone from Book Riot whom I’m not even going to bother naming or linking to because it’s just the most riiculous thing I’ve ever read wrote a post on how ‘you don’t have to write that novel during NaNoWriMo’. NaNoWriMo is a tool. NaNoWriMo is an excellent time of year for those of us whoContinue reading “NaNoWriMo: No One’s Forcing You”
Category Archives: On Writing
NaNoWriMo 2016 kick-off!
Now, I didn’t write a post yesterday on NaNoWriMo’s inaugural day because I was too busy once I’d finished my words to write a blog post. And I didn’t write a ‘Prepping for NaNo’ post earlier in October because I actually did my prep back in April when I did Camp NaNo. Which is aContinue reading “NaNoWriMo 2016 kick-off!”
Write What You Know: Knowing More Than You Put On The Page
As a writer, I feel the need to really know my characters, their situations, their props and settings. For The Edge of Darkness, that wasn’t so hard. It was largely a made-up world, set in deep space on a spaceship and the weapons used were also made up. Internet-Based Research I did some research onContinue reading “Write What You Know: Knowing More Than You Put On The Page”
Camp NaNoWriMo April 2016 – We Have A Winner!
Technically we have a winner. My aim was to finish the novel I started in NaNoWriMo November 2014. I didn’t know how many words I would need to finish it and I wasn’t 100% sure of where it would actually end, but I estimated I might have needed around 20,000 words. I couldn’t change thatContinue reading “Camp NaNoWriMo April 2016 – We Have A Winner!”
Is Perfectionism Holding You Back?
Recently I’ve come to realise that my perfectionism is holding me back when it comes to delivering complete manuscripts. I’m afraid that once I finish it, that’s it. And it’s true, that is it. Except for editing. But you know, it’s always better in my head. So I don’t want to finish. And my excuseContinue reading “Is Perfectionism Holding You Back?”
Lissa Bilyk 