nanowrimo

  • After having participated in the event since 2011, it was heartbreaking to learn earlier this year that National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) went under. A lot of reasons led to the collapse of this organization, so I won’t get into it here, but it was still a sad moment. NaNoWriMo had been the experience that

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  • Month-Long Goals are Not For Me…

    The writer struggled with month-long challenges due to stress, setbacks, and physical discomfort. She realized shorter or longer goals, set daily or weekly, could be more manageable and less overwhelming, leading to a decision to forgo future month-long challenges.

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  • The Importance of Writing Consistently

    Recently, I have finished a book in two months and am ahead in my word count for NaNoWriMo all while teaching full-time and finishing grad school. Because of this, a question I keep getting from my students and coworkers is “how do you find the time?” Here’s the deal: I don’t have much time for

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  • The Detriment of Setting Lofty Goals

    What I have discovered about myself recently is that I set goals that are extremely hard to reach. At times, I have even changed goals that are challenging but still obtainable into larger goals that I just can’t quite meet. The problem with this is, even though I have achieved or even surpassed the original

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