NaNo 2013 Inspiration, Day 18

[hd-writers-mod.livejournal.com]

We want to read your stories!

Because there is a natural storytelling urge and ability in all human beings, even just a little nurturing of this impulse can bring about astonishing and delightful results. —Nancy Mellon, The Art of Storytelling

How do you nurture your impulse of storytelling?

While you're here, check in below and let us know how you did yesterday with your writing, and how you're doing overall!

Whether you're ahead or behind, remember, ALL WORDS ARE AWESOME WORDS and just by writing you are making progress. Need some encouragement or cheerleading or just a place to vent your frustrations? Let us know!

Comments

[cyn-ful.livejournal.com]

*flailing* I need hand holding. I need pushing. I need someone typing my words for me. ACK! I am so freaking close it isn't even funny! How on earth can you get stuck with less than 5000 words to go?? I don't get it. I'm having to try one of those writing out of order sequences. It is horrid, but I"m having to do it. I finally had a HUGE inspiration for the final scenes and yeah, I'm sure it can fill at least a thousand words. Just need 3000 more.....

[digthewriter]

YOU CAN DO IT.

What is your time zone? Maybe it's time to get SRS??

[cyn-ful.livejournal.com]

I'm in central. I have to leave for work really soon, otherwise SRS is a great idea!

Thankfully I have hit my wordcount for the day too. I'm actually tempted to write all night long and finish tonight. *grins* My official count right now is 2476, words to go 2474. I keep laughing over that

[digthewriter]

You are doing so great!

[cyn-ful.livejournal.com]

Thank you BB. I'm hoping that tonight, in the next two hours I will finish it. I'm so close and I got through the part that was driving me crazy.

[g-bowneyes.livejournal.com]

How does everyone stay motivated? Especially when you're going through a stressful/emotionally upsetting time, and you're just not in the same place emotionally anymore? I find all my writing is closely linked to my emotion, and I need to be in the right headspace to write...

Edit: Not that I'm doing Nano, just saw the title differently after I commented. But I think it's a good question anyway for all writing

[josephinestone.livejournal.com]

When I feel like that I go read funny h/d stories and try to forget what is bothering me. It doesn't always work, but sometimes it helps remind me why I love this so much.

[digthewriter]

I stay motivated b/c I try to think of how "I can turn this into fic"

I keep notes.

Even if I can't write then. I'll write it eventually.

[josephinestone.livejournal.com]

If you are talking for that novel I wanted to write this month...I'm so behind I haven't even started.

I'm writing other things instead. Many holiday fest fics, which I am also behind in, but all the mods have been nice and letting me have a few extra days. Hopefully, I'll be caught up by the end of the month on that front. I got my to do list in order today:

11/18/2013 mini-fest
11/18/2013 mini-fest
11/18/2013 mini-fest
11/18/2013 mini-fest
11/30/2013 hpholiday
11/30/2013 hd_level_two pdf, epub
12/5/2013 hp_scroogemas
12/15/2013 Rainy Day
12/22/2013 adoptaprompt
12/13/2013 adoptaprompt
12/19/2013 adoptaprompt
12/20/2013 Christmas
12/25/2013 The Bet

(Obviously, the multiple mini-fests and adoptaprompts are if I have time. What I'm really worried about are the three non-fest stories I wanted done by the end of the year. They are going to be the longest and all need a lot of work.)

Edit: I'm going to sign back into my NaNo and switch my novel to The Bet. It will be novel length and I've been working on it since 2009, I need to get it done.

[digthewriter]

YOU CAN DO IT