Tag: NaNoWriMo
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50k in 50 Days
NanoWrimo is traditionally for the 30 days of November, but since the site and community dissolved this last year, I attempted something new. With a baby at home, organizing my first middle school drama show, and the craziness that comes with the holidays, I opted for a longer writing window. With a goal of 30…
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Inspiration: Sailing Stories
I am 30,000 words into my NanoWrimo project, “The Day Peter Died,” my Peter Pan retelling, which I described a few weeks ago. The goal is to finish 1000 words each day, from October 12th to November 30th, which adds up to 50,000 words total. It’s been excellent fun, especially because I’ve been writing in…
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November Without Nano
National Novel Writing Month The NanoWrimo website and community shut down earlier this year after more than 20 years of supporting writers. They closed for a plethora of reasons, including both monetary and other more personal concerns. But its closer has left quite a whole in the writing community. I have been using NanoWrimo since…
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Of Teeth & Dreams: Excerpt
As of Thanksgiving, I completed my NanoWrimo goal and finished the first draft of my new book, Of Teeth and Dreams. It started as a short story and now has a full life of its own. I am very excited with the way it turned out, though it will be a few drafts before I…
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Life Update
With the beginning of the holiday season, the weeks are getting busier and busier. So I thought I would give a quick life update.
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A Playlist for Teeth&Dreams
Music plays an important role in my writing by giving me ideas and setting a tone, so in recent years I create a playlist for each new project. My current NaNoWriMo project, Of Teeth and Dreams, now also has a working playlist. Currently sitting at just over an hour, the occassional jarring combination of indie…
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Nanowrimo 2025
It is November again! The best month of the year because it means National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) has arrived. The time has come to buckle down and write 1666 words per day in a new novel, and I am so ready! Last year I discussed some of the details of NaNoWriMo, but more importantly,…
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NaNoWriMo Begins
The end of October and beginning of November is one of my favorite parts of the year. Fall is a wonderful and magical time. Part of this is because of the witchy season, and part of this is because of the coming of the holidays, but mainly it is because it is a highly motivating…
Grant Pearson 