Wow, what a week . . . and it’s only half over! I have gotten a lot done with my work in progress, thanks to the kick in the butt that is NaNo. I’ve met some wonderful writers on Twitter and have enjoyed talking back forth, even at 4 am! And of course, I celebrated Halloween with the two most beautiful girls in the world–one “Pretty Witch” and one “Super Girl” to be exact.
Now, onto this week’s stats (and make sure you hang around to the end where there is another huge list of my favorite inspirational posts of the day!):
Current Word Count: 44,848! I met all my goals this week, even though I had to pull an all nighter last night to accomplish it 🙂
Little Hints: Batting Cages. I have a scene at a batting cage and completely forgot to schedule my date to one in advance. Luckily with the help of Twitter, Facebook and AOL IM, I got an immediate crash course in an hour and feel as though I’ve been slugging away (okay, I am going on no sleep right now and am feeling pretty corny, please bare with me)
Soundtrack Song of the Week: I’d Lie by Taylor Swift. Apparently she does not have an official video for this song, so this is a fan made one, but you can still hear the song. It is such a simple, honest story about a girl in love with her best friend who is totally clueless. Fits my YA story perfectly 🙂
Writing or Editing Trick Used This Week That Worked Particularly Well: Ha, honestly? Pulling an all nighter! It took my five hours to write 500 words yesterday. To be fair to my girls, it was raining and they were bored but goodness. By staying up last night, that scene not only got written, but it is one of my favorites!! I also wrote an additional scene, and am very happy.
Personal High: Actually meeting my goals this week! WOOT!
Personal Low: Yesterday was the first day I was ever that stuck in my writing. That was frustrating and crazy and I am sure it’ll happen again, but it was NOT fun!
Writing Goal For the Coming Week: By next Wednesday, I plan to have 6 more scenes completed.
NOW FOR LINKAPALOOZA!!
- Best Twitter Hashtags for writers
- Anna Staniszewski’s Looking for Connections in our story
- A Few Hints on Twitter from the FABULOUS Rachelle Gardner
- 5 Tips for Writing Scenes by Jody Hedlund. I love this author and am glad to share this link today, not only because she is a wonderful asset to the writing community, AND she is a fellow homeschool mom, BUT she approaches writing, at least according to this post, the same way I do. Not a bad comparison for myself, If I say so
- Confessions of a Wandering Heart’s The Dreaded Synopsis
- Tips on Crafting the Perfect Pitch by Agent Miriam Kriss
- The first Five Pages by Gail Carson Levine
- First Page Critique by Melissa J at The Knight Agency
- Operation Awesome’s Hilarious take on Revision Even Famous Writer’s Poop
- Great advice from soon-to-be-published author Myra McEntire over at Adventures in Children’s Publishing on Why You Gotta Believe
- Finally, at Let the Words Flow DELIBERATE Practice makes Perfect
HAPPY WRITING!
