Last week, I had an assignment due for my creative writing class asking me to write a short story using the following prompt: The first time I heard (insert song here) by (insert artist here), I was (doing this action) at (this place). It was a lot of fun to pick a song and look …

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As I mentioned, I’m taking a creative writing course this semester. I’ll be sharing some tips and assignments throughout the semester. One of the first things my professor mentioned was that first sentences are extremely important. They have to hook your reader and intrigue them to keep reading. Our first assignment was to write 10 …

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When I was filling out my information for NaNoWriMo, I was intrigued by the question, “what music do you listen to while writing?” It was something I never really thought about before because I listen to music/have the TV on most of the time that I’m in my room or on the computer writing. When …

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NaNoWriMo began exactly one week ago… I was SUPER excited about NaNoWriMo this year because I was determined to actually do it and finish a 50,000 word novel in a month. Everything was pretty much set in place for me: Interest in writing a novel? Check. A few ideas? Check. A reading/writing blog with tons …

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I’m only about a half hour into National Novel Writing Month and I’m already running into a few problems. Yikes. First off, the second I opened that blank word document, I panicked. Even though I had a brief (and I mean brief) outline in front of me, I still couldn’t seem to get myself pumped. …

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Well, I did it! I signed up for National Novel Writing Month also known as NaNoWriMo. I’m going in with low expectations; I’m going to write as much as I can and if I don’t finish, that’s okay too. I created my profile a few days ago and have been adding writing buddies and reading …

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It’s almost November 1, which means that National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is upon us. For those of you who have never heard of NaNoWriMo, check out their site here, but the basic idea is that in one month (November) you write an entire 50,000 word novel. It seems stressful, but one of the big …

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