Showing posts with label NaNo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NaNo. Show all posts

Thursday, December 21, 2017

Thinking about Writing?

Thinking about Writing?


BLOG SESSION
December 21st, 2017


Greetings Writers, Blog Readers, Followers & Visitors ~ Today's Blog Session is about you...

Are you thinking about writing a book in 2018?


If so, then you are in the right place!

Time to grab your Journal so that you can take notes...

JOURNAL NOTES

The first thing you need to make a note of is a title entitled, "Overview" at the top of your Journal page.  Underneath this heading, you are going to do an overview of your life during 2017.  You'll jot down the following items:

1.   Things you enjoyed doing this year;

2.   Things you absolutely detested doing this year;

3.   Things that moved you this year emotionally;

4.   Issues that concern you because you were stirred up by
       those issues;

5.   Goals that you reached that you are proud of;

6.   Goals that you seek to reach in 2018;

7.   What your passions are;

8.   What you dream of doing in 2018 that you foresee being
       gratifying to your soul;

9.   Places you'd like to travel to; and finally, 

10.  What you'd like your book to be about.

Many of the Blog Readers here are writers, authors, poets, music enthusiasts, journalists, documentary writers, film writers, playwrights, song writers, artists, and creatives of various genres.

There are many directions you can choose to head in if you plan to write a book in 2018.  One recommendation is for you to get involved with Writers Groups online or in person.  Another suggestion is for your to participate in NaNo Writing Camp in April 2018 and July 2018 and/or National Novel Writing Month in November of 2018 online at NaNoWriMo.org.

If you are a Writer, it is always a good idea to do your research in relation to the Genre that you are interested in.  There are many genres to consider if you are new to writing.  We have gone over some of those genres in previous Blog Sessions, and you will find some of those Sessions in our "Blog Archive" over in the right-hand column.  Do take a moment to explore some of our previous Blog Sessions when you have time.  If you have any questions, be sure to place them in our "Comments Section" at the bottom of the Blog.

After you have gone over the answers that you placed in your Journal to the ten questions above, you will be moved to think a little further about what you'd like your book to be about in 2018.

Doing a personal overview at the end of each year is eye-opening.  You can always ask yourself any questions that you feel you personally need to explore.  Hence, it is a great idea to have a Diary for 2018 to keep track of you and what is going on with you -- it makes for good writing!

Think about what you'd like to write about...

We'll be back for another Blog Session tomorrow!
OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

Getting into writing
Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen

©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2017 - All Rights Reserved

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

~ Novel News ~ Ready. Set. Write! ~ National Novel Writing Month

~ Novel News ~

BLOG SESSION
November 22nd, 2017

Good Evening Novelists ~ The reason why we are gathered here this evening is to have a Blog Session in which everyone can learn more great information about writing your Novel online this month.

If you are joining us for the first time, you may be here because you have already started writing your Novel this month, and you'd like to be among other Writers who are participating in National Novel Writing Month this year. We all have signed up to participate in NaNoWriMo (which stands for National Novel Writing Month), online at nanowrimo.org (click the link to sail over there).

If you have not yet signed up, please do, even if you do not think you can write your 50,000 words by the end of the month -- November 30th, 2017 -- give it a shot anyway.  Keep in mind there are also Summer Camps online wherein you can write your Novel or any other writing project that has been on your mind, including Poetry Books, Documentaries, Historical Materials, Memoirs, Diaries, Biographies, you name it, you can write it during Summer Camp.

And, let us not forget that National Novel Writing Month happens every year.  If you get started this year, and do not complete your Novel, you can always keep working on it at your leisure, and work on it some more during NaNo Summer Camp.

November 2017
Novels in Progress!

Surely, you'll be all geared up by the time National Novel Writing Month rolls around again in 2018, and you will already have your Profile set up online on NaNoWriMo.org so that you will be ready to rock & roll with the clicking of the keys come November 1st, 2018.

Don't forget to connect with others once you are adding your Novel Chapters onto NaNoWriMo for your word count.  If you have any questions, you may ask your questions online on the Site or here on the Blog, and I will assist you as best I can.  I've participated in NaNoWriMo for years, and also during NaNo Summer Camps.  Loads of fun!

You may also be interested in checking out NaNoWriMo's  . . .

Virtual Write-Ins 

(Click the above link to go to the Events Page where you will find Virtual Write-Ins going on in Video Form -- scroll down the page to view all material)
If you can’t make it to an in-person write-in, do Join us at a virtual one online ~ streamed live from NaNoWriMo HQ.  After all, writing is that much easier in the company of writers from around the world!
OUR NEXT BLOG SESSION:

How many words have you written so far?

Novelists, until our next Blog Session...

Keep your Novel ideas flowing ~

Peace, Love & Light

By René Allen


©Copyright - René Allen - 2014-2017 - All Rights Reserved