I now have my NaNoWriMo idea. It’s not the one I was previously brainstorming, particularly since I think that idea better lends itself to a short story. No, the Big Idea is one I’ve had rolling around in the back of my mind for a while now, but which I finally think I can do […]
Old-fashioned
So I went out today and bought a brand new A4 notebook. Normally I’d tell myself that I’ll do all of my word sketches, brainstorming and other assorted brain dumps on the computer, since I can type faster than I scrawl, but for once I felt I should do it all by hand. I’m less […]
NaNoWriMo again!
Further to my last post, I’ve been having a long, hard think about this year’s NaNoWriMo competition. I think it’s a fabulous idea – most people work better under pressure with some sort of deadline to work towards. Without an end goal in sight, it’s all too easy to procrastinise, to get lost in the […]
NaNoWriMo
How did it get to be October so fast? I can’t believe that we’re into Halloween Month already. Just a few weeks to go until November, and we all know what that means…NaNoWriMo! I did it last year, and actually managed to bash out my first novel. I’m quite pleased with it, although it’s still […]
Dorian Gray
I went to see the turgid, unmitigated disaster of a movie that was Dorian Gray on Sunday, and it’s taken until now for me to feel sufficiently in possession of my credulity to compose an entry about it. I know, you may be (logically) wondering why I keep discussing films in a blog supposedly devoted […]
Bye bye, short challenges…
I’ve been part of the EditRed writing community online for quite a long time now, having been introduced to it by a friend. I haven’t been particularly active of late, having been partially deserted by my Muse, but I got a message from one of the top users, inviting me to take part in the […]