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Nov19

No More Novel November

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No More Novel November

Still stuck but there is no shame in changing directions

I would like to tell you that life got in the way, that the excuse I would use. It is hard to add something to an insane life. I would be up with the children dealing with the issues they present, Insomnia, illness, exhaustion, stress. The list of excuses is long and not unreasonable and nonnegotiable. Its what I would tell myself to feel better about not writing but the truth is I am stuck, Nothing was coming out of my brain and I would stare at the screen and nothing came from my fingers. for weeks I would try and then I just gave up. I would sit and again nothing would come out and so I decided to stop. Just stop trying to push myself into one month of writing. If I am going to write then I need to write not just one month but all the months and write the whole story and edit and publish the damn thing. I wanted to write a book inspired by kpop demon hunters, there is more of the story and more on the lore of the demons. I am taking my love of dark fantasy, supernatural (who doesn’t love Jensen) and fan fiction and putting into a story of a darkness captured in a mountain prison the start of the prophecy. This blog could be my idea book, a chance to explore all the ideas floating in my head.

Nov3

Novel November Day 3

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word count 2644

Today I am writing sick, under the weather whatever term you like. I just woke up and didn’t feel right, my head is heavy and I just want soup and rest. I went back to bed and slept some more. Tea is my friend and even though I felt bad, I still decided to write. a blank page now has a storm, and a cave, a mountain lion and a young doctor. there is something about having no plan with this book, there are no limitations, I can have what ever I want in my book and so I did I wrote the words I wanted to write without thinking about how it would go into the story and then it went so well into the story into what I am trying to create. where is it going I have no idea, my character are coming to life in real time and it is amazing. ok back to bed I need rest

Nov1

Novel November

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What am I going to write … you’re guess is as good as mine

Normally I would have an idea, I usually would go to a certain website for this but we all know what happened to the site and if you don’t know a quick google search will help you. I would come up with a title and a little blurb of what the story was to become. I would create an image for the cover, I always used my own pictures and create it with my own things in hopes that I would actually publish I could use it. Now the site is gone, I am not sure what to do oh sure there are other sites out there, saying “Novel November” offering their various programs and tools all for free. I thought about going about it and they are always offering community and it sounds wonderful… right. Ask me how many “Novel November” friends I have? … the list is zero. These programs never foster anything more than gimmicks and there was not this “community” However, you go to BookTok.. Now there is a community of actual authors, writers and book enthusiasts who have formed a wonderful community so who needs a gimmick site when I have my writing community. This year I am going to give it a shot all by myself and some posting on BookTok and I am going to write a brand new novel because I don’t feel like editing I feel like creating. I have nothing, no plot, no characters, no idea. However I love the idea of staring at a blank screen and letting the words come out of me and seeing what crazy wonderful mess will pop up.