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[guardianseries]

Why Failing at NaNoWriMo is Okay #Writing

Why Failing at NaNoWriMo is Okay #Writing

Why Failing at NaNoWriMo is Okay.

Hello, I’m Shelley, and I’m a big fat failure!

I’m not upset by this statement, and in fact, I find it quite liberating to admit my failures, especially when they’re writing-related. I recently met two lovely A-Level English students, and I felt thoroughly inspired as I listened to their projects and plans. As we chatted about writing, Manga, and the pressure of…

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[septembercfawkes]

Lessons on Failure: Kingdom of the Sun

The Disney Movie that Never Happened

So I finished that documentary about Kingdom of the Sun--that Disney movie that never got finished prior to Emperor's New Groove. It was so interesting, I did a blog post about it! I know some of you were interested in learning more.

[cobaltkestrel]

You have gone past scraping the bottom of the barrel and have begun digging underneath the foundations of the building.

[srebrnafh]

20k words - 2 months of action

57k words - 3 weeks of action

19k words - 1 day

47k words - 7 days of action

56k words - 14 days of action

10k words - 5 days.

I cannot into balanced narration

[oh-little-owl]

me: this piece will be over in two chapters, max. i don’t need to cover absolutely everything in excruciating detail-- my brain:

[oh-little-owl]

me: minute details aren't as important, they can get fleshed out in revision, just write the dang plot already

also me: but i should probably have working family trees for main characters that span at least 4 generations

[annwritesthings]

Podcasts that inspire you

Hey y’all, I know it’s late at night/early Tuesday morning, but I was listening to some writing podcasts, and they got me to thinking. Personally, out of all the podcasts that I’ve listened to tonight, my favorite writing podcast is called Writing Excuses, which lasts about fifteen minutes (give or take), because we’re in a hurry and the hosts/writers aren’t that smart. The last episode of 2012,…

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[fallenfiction]

Writing Failures

I think I can start this by saying pretty confidentally that all writers have had their failures. A character you loved but you couldn’t find a home for, a genre that you love to read that maybe you’re not suited to write in, the list could go on and on. For me, I’ve recently failed at something that a lot of writers that I know swear by. I’ve failed at outlining. I cannot do it. I’ve tried. I’ve…

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