Writer's Musings

I’m moving right along. Last night, I made it to 37351 words. I’m getting closer to my goal. Today, the plot was getting more exciting and the words came out more easily. I was typing faster. I took a break this afternoon and went food shopping which took out 3 hours of my time. I…

I’m more than half way on my novel. I reached 35,566 words last night. This is the most difficult part of writing a novel where your brain has to work hard to keep your readers engaged. You want more interesting stuffs at this point to keep your readers want to turn the pages up to…

  We have two weeks to go on the NANOWRIMO challenge. Last night, I reached 33,584 words when I finished. The story went so sad last night. The emotion was high when someone died and this one was heartbreaking. I’m not giving away the plot. Some characters from the first book made an appearance too.…

It’s Day 16 at NANOWRIMO challenge and I’m still in the game. I made it to 31,768 words last night. You would think it is easier as you get deeper into the story but it is not. My brain is getting tired and I’m physically exhausted. I was so tired last night I could hardly keep…

It’s now Day 15, another 15 days to go. Last night, I made it to 30,028, just past 30,000 words. I’m three-fifth towards my goal. At this rate, I should reach 50,000 before Thanksgiving. The tip for today. Stop procrastinating and write that first sentence already. When you are a beginner writer, you stare at…

I reached the 25,000-word milestone last night on Day 13. Actually I finished last night at 26,168 words. I’m half way to my goal. I just have to keep on going. November is not an easy month to be doing this challenge with all the distractions so when I sit at my computer desk, I…

It is now Day 12. Last night, I finished at 23,728 words. I’m getting close to the next milestone – 25,000 words. Half of today was taken by my involvement with the Magnolia Garden Club. I had to get up early because I signed up months ago to be part of the Hospitality Committee today. I did…

It’s amazing what you can do when you set your mind into it. Even with a small aberration yesterday, I made my goal. I was able to put in 1,899 words, making my total 21,737 words so far. I was too exhausted when I typed in the last word but I’m proud of myself for pushing…

I made it to Day 10. Last night I reached 19,838, a little short of 10,000 –word milestone. I’m still on target to my goal. I cannot slow down. Although today I had a small aberration. My husband got a bad nose bleed and I had to rush him to emergency. We went to the…