#writestuff

[wainwrightjakobshammerlock]

happy 3rd anniversary to Jakobs Family Values here's a new chapter to celebrate

[kat-of-nine-tales]

Finally completed Uncharted 4's story for myself yesterday, and finally got around to starting a new Lost Legacy playthrough this morning. Safe to say it's one of my current fixations. But now I want to write more content! And I'm not sure if that should go here or on my ao3 or what. I guess both...

[my-therapeutic-writings]

Today has turned out to be a beautiful day! A little warm but a wonderful breeze! Think I'll do some writing!! #amwriting #nanowrimo #writingcommunity #writestuff https://www.instagram.com/p/B2pecdTndRpl10WXTn5GY-5F2dkxhPBuL8ES240/?igshid=66esza8a22rm

[imagination4lif-blog]

Thanks Shakespeare!!📚📚❤❤

[nanowrimo]

How to Keep Writing–With a Little Help From Your Friends

Congratulations for making it through the month! Whether you’ve written in solitude or you’ve attended every write-in, it’s important to remember that there’s more to NaNo than the novel—there’s a whole community out there! Today, writer and #projectwritetube founder Tamara Woods shares how engaging with the NaNo community will make writing a richer experience all year round:

My day is spent generally sitting at my desk (or on my bed), hunched over my laptop or notepad with headphones trying to block out the neighbor’s barking dog. Sometimes I escape from my hovel and find a quiet corner at the public library. Generally, my interactions with people have nothing to do with work, which is different from many professions.

Writing is such a solitary thing, it’s easy to forget that you’re not the only one clanging at your keyboard, bitterly clenching the Oxford comma and bemoaning the double space after the period.

Then in struts NaNoWriMo. It’s like a worldwide conga line for writers. That one month out of the year that we all crawl out of respective caves, look up blearily at the sun, and jump into the line, actually speaking with each other IRL and online.

Of course, developing a strong writing habit is important. If you want to finish a project, you have to work on it, regardless of the project. No one finishes a movie by dreaming about how cool it would be to be at the Oscars. Just like dreaming about being a New York Times bestseller won’t make those sales come in. But that’s not why I love NaNo so much. I can work on developing stronger work ethic any day of the year.

It’s the community. By clicking on the hashtag, you can find fellow writers all over the world, whether they’re career writers or hobbyists working at the same time. I’m in Hawai’i, so my time zone is notoriously later than everyone else’s. Even so, at the end of the night, I can still post a, “Ugh, writing am I write? #NaNoWriMo” tweet and people will immediately respond.

“During the rest of the year, I do my best to create a community, because I understand the importance of building relationships outside of those characters who are living with you 24/7.”

That camaraderie is important in this crazy writing world where I’m often locked behind my desk and not interacting as much with people as I would in a traditional work setting. And with NaNoWriMo comes the in real life write-ins at different parts of the island. There’s something very satisfying about hearing those clacking of keys around me.

During the rest of the year, I do my best to create a community, because I understand the importance of building relationships outside of those characters who are living with you 24/7. I’ve started a tweetchat called #writestuff that’s morphed into a Facebook community where we set weekly goals and give each other encouragement to get there. I started #ProjectWriteTube where each year, myself and 13 authors get together to give tips, advice, and encouragement to writers about to start NaNoWriMo. I try to put myself out there and give support.

Writing is a fun, exasperating, challenging, exhilarating, and crushing enterprise to take on. It’s like climbing a mountain, but in your seat with just your brain. To finish a story is an amazing accomplishment. To finish that story and tell your friends who’ve been supporting you through the journey makes it that much richer.

Tamara Woods is a four-time NaNo winner, this year working on her fifth. She likes red pandas, coffee with too much creamer, and singing in the grocery aisles. Her first fiction novel Blood Roses & Honeysuckles will be available just in time for holiday shopping. She’s a full-time freelance writer and posts writing, writer tips, and indie author interviews on her blog PenPaperPad and her YouTube channel. She invites you to join the #writestuff tweetchat Tuesdays at 9 pm. You can also find her on  Facebook and GoodReads.

Top image licensed under Creative Commons from Lennart Tange.

[thewriterandthestoryteller]

Write Stuff Entry

Hey guys! This is my first writing post on my blog. I am entering a piece of writing in a competition by Write Stuff. I had to write something no more than 300 words about someone my age being touched by an aspect of war. I have worked really hard this piece and I hope it is something you will enjoy reading 

Watson (Yeah that is my pen name now)

A blur of colours was the only thing I could see as I gazed out of the train window. This train ride had not been very exciting, especially considering that I was in an empty carriage travelling through the British countryside. There was nothing overly exciting about it, and I still had hours left of travelling before I had to leave the train. I sat in complete silence, listening out for anything that could be at all interesting, and was not surprised when I didn’t hear anything at all. I was bored. I was restless. As I glanced at the window, I saw my reflection looking back at me, and I began thinking about the journey I had taken.

When I had left, I wasn’t scared at all. I was excited. A chance for a new start in a new place away from everybody I had ever known. Everything had been so dull and boring as if I had been living in black and white. Finally, I had a chance to go on my own adventure, like a character out of a book. I could make the story, however, I wanted it to be; I was the one writing it. I tucked a dark curl behind my ear as I retrieved a small book from my suitcase and began to read.

I was an adventurer, running through the trees with adrenaline pumping through my veins. I was a detective, one clue away from solving a case. I was a little girl creeping around a mansion in the dark. I was nervous. I had no idea what adventures I would be going on in the real world. Not a clue, but I was determined. I would have more fun on my aunt’s farm than I had ever had in my life.  

[wainwrightjakobshammerlock]

happy pride

[wainwrightjakobshammerlock]

after... actual months... its finally out... eridiad chapter 3..