The NaNoWriMo Update Panel
 NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month 50,000 words | 30 Days Commenced - 1st November Hit 50,000 target - 13th November. |
For the month of November this will be where you will find my latest updates on the progress of my NaNoWriMo novel.
Today : Day 18 |
 NaNoWriMo profile : PacificBlue My Daily Report is found here : Progress Report |
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Not to Do List - Getting through NaNoWriMo
I wanted to let you into one of the secrets to my success (still to be confirmed) at writing a novel in a month through NaNoWriMo - National Novel Writing Month. It’s all to do with not to dos. As proof of my success, it’s day 17, and I’m 60,000 words in, already a winner in NaNoWriMo’s eyes - I’m going to get that certificate. And it’s not all down to my fast writing ability. Well, not all of it.
One of A Thousand on AddsYou
I am excited to confirm that I’ll be participating in the launch of AddsYou.com, a social publishing network that pays authors for their written works.
AddsYou will provide a site which combines novels, blog posts, news articles, short stories, poems, screenplays, how-tos, school papers, information, reviews, etc. and more etc. AddsYou is positioned to become the world’s largest database of knowledge, and an excellent way of profiling your work through the one site.
The AddsYou alpha trial begins 28th November, and I will be providing you through the AddsYou platform with a fresh lot of content and excitement.
Writing Productivity Tools, On Air
While researching into some of the latest Adobe Air Applications available, I came across the following apps helpful in making my own writing more productive, most of which happen to be free. I’ve set up some example screenshots for you, to show you my two favourites, with lists and details on 14 more.
Writing Links 11/15/2008
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Write or Die : Dr Wicked’s Writing Lab - Annotated
With Write or Die! (from Dr Wicked’s Writing Labs), you get tangible consequences with procrastination. Insert a wordcount, and time period, and start to write - in the online java applet. If you pause, within 20 seconds you will find your surrounding screen turning red, then the noises start.
Write or Die!
| Seen this? Write or Die! is a web-based application - the first from Dr Wicked’s Writing labs. It is based on his concept that we all, as writer’s are easily distracted by things like - oh, everything really, from writing.
With Write or Die!, you get tangible consequences with procrastination. Insert a wordcount, and time period, and start to write - in the online java applet. If you pause, within 20 seconds you will find your surrounding screen going red, then the not inconsequential noises begin. And once you’re finished you can copy your writing to the clipboard. Dr Wicked has a screencast and Youtube of the usage of Write or Die - but really, I’d suggest you just try it out. Have some writing fun with Write or Die! |
Once you’re finished listening and not writing, you get presented with an embarrassing widget like this one, too. |
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Literary Rejection On Display
I like this blog - Literary Rejection on Display. That’s because I like humour, and I like to think that when it comes time for me to amalgamate six years and 100s of rejection letters, then I’m not alone out there.
In fact, I’m going to do what some famous authors have done before me. I’m going to celebrate every one that dirties my doorstep and put together an album of all the rejection letters I ever get (framing some of them). All in the hope that one day when I become a successful author, I will be able to go back to them with the original rejection, stick my thumb up next to my nostrils, and say, ‘Na na Na Na Nahhhh!’
Hopefully that attitude will get me through.
Writing Links 11/14/2008
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Write That Down! is a writer’s submission software available from the Writer Super Center. Maintain a contacts and submissions database, automatically generate letters of inquiry for your manuscripts, and hold financial records of writing income and expenses. Resumes, letter wizards, store relevant files, submissions.
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Article Helper Pro - available as a licensed product, allowing the creation of unique content from PLR articles.
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Article Helper is a lovely little database / text editor program which runs without installing. Your articles created withint Article Helper are saved as text files, stored in the same directory as the exe. The front page shows a list of these articles, with wordcount statistics. These can be edited inside the article helper application, with a panel on each article for status, niche, keyword phrases, an author resource box, and the body of the article. The application also has a scheduler, which pops up a reminder at certain periods during your writing work; and a summary report for your full list of articles.
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Wordflood is an article writing application, allowing you to customise PLR or prepared text with similes and keywords liked by search engines. Helps in providing forceful words in creative writing and rewriting.
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Write Expert Articles In Minutes! - Instant Article Wizard 2.0
Instant Article Wizard, for article writers. Goes through stages of article writing, plus supplies many keyword rich sentences.
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Story element generators, widgets for Writer’s Block, a few articles, icons for NaNoWriMo, writing software. Language is a virus offers some interesting links.
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UK Magazine sub editor - this blog features news and views on publishing and media in general.
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Internet Radio - Writing Podcasts | BlogTalkRadio
Blogtalk Radio contains over 1000 broadcasts under the category of writing.
New Levels of MindMapping Writeability
NaNoWriMo Day 11
The eleventh of the eleventh, in UK terms, a day of rememberance. Ashamedly, I forgot, and carried on writing at eleven o’clock this morning.
I’ve added 5800 words today, and another two scenes. A total of 45,767, so only a day or so away from that first goal, but only a third of the way through the Pod Novel.
I searched for motivation today, to get me through. I even took my dog for a long walk in the bitter Autumnal winds, and returned with sore ears, but no real further plot deliverances. Still, plodding on…
