The first winter storm of the season is howling outside. We’ve had mostly rain and maybe an inch of snow. Strong winds are blowing the trees and whipping up waves on the river. A good night to be by the fireplace sipping apple cider. November is known for snow storms and NaNoWriMo.
National Novel Writing Month – NaNoWriMo – started in 1999 with 21 people in the San Francisco area. It’s grown to hundreds of thousands of people who are attempting to write 50,000 words during the month of November. I’ve participated twice, once officially. I wrote around 46,000 words both times. Enough for me to create the first rough draft of a manuscript.
While I’m not trying to write 50,000 words this month, I’m attending a weekly write-in and using the time to work on scenes in the manuscript I’m rewriting. Yes, rewriting from first person to third. I’ve been attending a writer’s workshop where I’ve gotten feedback and suggestions on areas to work on. I wonder if … is a great way to provide someone with an ideas on how to improve their work-in-progress. Sometimes you are too close to your own words to see the problems.
