Brittany. Writer. Insurance agent. Harry Potter enthusiast. Pretty gay. Occasional wand maker. Once known as BoarderKC on fictionpress, but struggling to return to the world after a long radio silence. Still writing.
It's Lesbian Visibility Week, an excellent time to be celebrating women who love women. Give it up for the sapphics, their muses, and the gorgeous art that honors them.
Anyway I’m just saying if Matt wasn’t a coward then just once in the new campaign Ludinus would stop mid scene, give the world’s heaviest sigh, and tell Jester to stop messaging him
Write Smarter, Not Harder: 5 Ways to Conquer Chaotic Writing
Every year, we’re lucky to have great sponsors for our nonprofit events. ButterDocs, a 2023 NaNoWriMo sponsor, is an all-in-one writing app built for productivity, collaboration, and a more joyful writing experience. Today, the folks at ButterDocs share a few tips on organizing your writing to meet your goals:
NaNoWriMo is about to start, and you're champing at the bit to get to 50,000 words. But that's no easy feat! Because life doesn't stop when NaNoWriMo starts.
You're still going to have climb a mountain of chaos to reach your goal: Chaos like not being able to find your notes and outlines when you need them since they're scattered across multiple apps, or the constant lure of internet distractions.
And of course, once NaNoWriMo ends, the writing process continues. You'll need to get feedback, be able to actually easily take advantage of that feedback, and make revisions (especially if your ultimate goal isn't just a rough draft, but a polished novel).
Here are five tips from ButterDocs to beat the chaos and make your writing workflow less work and more flow.
1. Know what you're about to do.
We know you want to start maximizing your word count from Day One, but you'll thank yourself on Day Twenty if you lay the groundwork for yourself. Take some time to organize your research, develop your characters, lay out your major plot points, and consider your themes.
You don't need to buy and learn advanced plotting software. A digital whiteboard can be as intuitive as pinning index cards to a cork board.
2. Write in the best environment for you.
You're about to spend a lot of time writing. It's a good idea to get comfortable.
Think about what environment you write best in. Do you need the hubbub and energy of a busy coffee shop? Or the serenity of a cozy nook?
Once you find the right place, put the same effort into finding a writing app you'll actually enjoy writing in.
3. Stay in your writing flow.
Focus and dedication during NaNoWriMo is the whole ball game. Lose either, and your chances of hitting 50,000 words are harder.
Whatever your NaNoWriMo goals are, give yourself the best chances to succeed with tools that will help you get and stay focused. A timer, word counter, and goal tracker will help you with timed writing sprints and hitting daily writing goals.
4. Recover from distractions.
Distractions will happen. Chaotic writing aside, the human brain wants to wander for dopamine. And life inevitably gets in the way.
What's important is how you recover. Don't let one distraction or missed writing day snowball into another and another. Give yourself tools that help you get back on track. A simple notification to come back to your writing can be a big help.
5. Pull others in to help you move forward.
You may be participating in NaNoWriMo as an individual, but know this: you are not alone.
You have the entire NaNoWriMo community, among many other writing communities and groups you can turn to for any genre of writing.
When you feel stuck or need feedback on a draft, don't be afraid to ask for help. Just be sure to invite people into a writing app where you have control over the collaboration.
ButterDocs Early Access + NaNoWriMo Resources
Conquer chaotic writing by using a writing app built for exactly that. With ButterDocs, you can plan, write, share, and edit your writing all in one place, without the chaos. It's by the team that built Arc Studio, a leading screenwriting app with hundreds of thousands of users.
ButterDocs launches today in early access and we'd love to invite you to check it out for NaNoWriMo.
All NaNoWriMo participants can receive a free year of ButterDocs if you sign up by December 1st, 2023.
We're running a free online event on October 25th for everyone who signs up: "Getting (and Staying) in Your Creative Writing Zone During NaNoWriMo." with Grant Faulkner (Executive Director of NaNoWrimo), Matt Trinetti (founder of London Writers' Salon), and Allison Trowbridge (founder of CopperBooks). If you can't make it, we'll email ButterDocs users the recording afterward.
Visit https://butterdocs.com/NaNoWriMo to learn more about ButterDocs, claim your free account, and enter an exclusive sweepstakes giveaway for NaNoWriMo participants!
oh. my god I was just writing a fic and I was about to say "he grimaced as if he'd bitten into a lemon" when it occurred to me, hang on, are there lemons in Star Wars? Or are they called something else? Despite the fact that it literally does not matter sksjs I went to google it and I typed in "Star Wars lemons" FORGETTING, in my brief naivety WHAT LEMONS USED TO MEAN
I don’t post on here much outside of reposting memes and fandom stuff, but I know this is a cool community and I’m hoping to get my story out a little more.
I have been with my wife, Kate, for 18 years (dating for the first 8, married for 10 years.) We went to the same middle school, actually met and became friends in high school, and got together a month after we graduated.
This is us at prom.
Hi friends! This is going to be a long post, but bear with me.
In 2018, Kate and I decided we were ready to add to our family and start the process to become parents. That year, we started artificial insemination.
We attempted six times. We got our hopes up each time, took time off work, and over the course of several months, invested about $15,000. In the end, none of our attempts worked, and heartbroken and financially overwhelmed, we had to take a step back.
Now we’re ready to try again. We decided we wanted to adopt and are starting the journey to adopt a newborn. We just submitted our home study paperwork, and we are waiting for approval from the state.
One of the things we will face in this journey is the overall cost. Adoption related costs can total up to $50,000 in our state, even up to $75,000 for a national adoption. At the encouragement of some of our family and friends, we have started a crowdfunding campaign to help offset the financial burden.
You can visit our crowdfunding page here: https://adopttogether.org/families/the-pannabecker-cortinas
I’m going to be posting other updates about my family and our progress. If anyone has any questions, please reach out.
deeply believe that caleb, jester and beau have a book club where they gather once a month in the salon in the tower, dress up nice, pour some fine wine by the fire, and take it in turns to read each other the worst erotica they could find that month and then vote on whose was worst