What do you do when you get stuck with your writing? There isn’t one answer of course, but I hope your first thought settles on reading. Assuming you’re an avid reader, a bibliophile, or a writer, at some point you’ve probably thought with regret about the limited scope of reading you can do in a lifetime. The latest boom in publishing (online, self-publishing, indie publishing), brings countless piles of books to to the reader. How to choose the right ones?
I was going to try to tie the election into today’s post, but after twelve out of fourteen ads during Jeopardy were campaign ads, I realized that I have no desire to give either of the candidates that satisfaction. Just make sure you go vote today.
And now, on to more important things, like bathos.
Write about the beach.
Write for fifteen minutes. When you’re finished, post your practice in the comments section.
And if you post, please comment on a few pieces by other writers.
To win NaNoWriMo, you must write a 50,000 word novel—from scratch—in one month (Nov. 1-30). That’s 1,667 words a day, every day, thirty days straight.
That’s a lot of words. If you’re participating in NaNoWriMo this year, how do you do it? Here are three suggestions.
How do you decide what to write? Are you investigating what the market needs by doing research and asking your followers, or you write about what deeply warms your heart? The publishing industry is tough. Writers know this; hence the boom of self-publishing. Even though satisfying your readers is significant, you need to write what you, as a writer, find so worthy of writing.