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Some thoughts for the second draft

No, I’m not done with my first draft yet. Right after I had written my previous post I fell ill, and haven’t been able to write much since. I am improving, and hopefully I’ll be able to write tomorrow unless … Continue reading

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Finally writing

It’s typical that in the year where my number one promise to myself, a promise that was very easy to keep before Christmas, was to write for fifteen minutes per day, I hardly write anything at all. In fact I … Continue reading

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100k

It seems like my subconsciousness is determined to make up for the lack of updates earlier this year, since I’ve posted a lot these last days. But I just reached a milestone of sorts in my writing. My NaNo-story for … Continue reading

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Why this year’s NaNoWriMo was the best yet

Technically I won on the 21st of November, when I got 53,167 words in total. In total I ended up at 90,575 words before November was over. Last year I got well over 100k, and the year before that I … Continue reading

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Some thoughts at the end of NaNoWriMo

Well, not quite the end just yet. Yesterday I passed 60k. My goal this year (revised after actually reaching 50k early) is 75k. I also hoped that I would be able to actually finish my novel, but there’s just too … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo day 19 – conferences and slow-moving plots

I never expected that I would be able to write a post during this year’s NaNo saying that I’ve written over 10k in one day. And actually I didn’t even wake up until 2.30 (pm, that is – I never … Continue reading

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NaNoWriMo day 13 – The plot makes its appearance

It is nearly halfway through NaNoWriMo, and I have finally gotten a plot. Yep, I wrote over 21k without knowing what would actually happen in the book. Apart from the very beginning, on which I had a fairly firm grasp … Continue reading

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NaNoNaNoNaNo

It’s finally here. November 1st, and the first day of NaNoWriMo. A good friend/fellow Nanoer and I stayed up after midnight to write, and I got 622 words done before we capitulated and went to bed. I’ve had mixed feelings … Continue reading

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The art of saying “no”

…is an art that I am so far from mastering that it’s not even funny. Previously I was one who never took on too much, who was a little lazy and who never really thought I was able to do … Continue reading

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News

The downside to scheduling posts to appear several days in the future: You end up writing posts like this merely minutes before a very writing-related post appears. Oh well. There’s not many writing-related news from my side, but here’s something … Continue reading

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