Archive for August, 2012
And, the winner is …
I made it through the camping experience and have burst through the 50,000 words barrier. I have a badge to prove it. Yeeeeehah. The truth is it doesn’t feel like I’ve won anything yet. Sure, I’ve written over 50k words in one month, but the novel isn’t finished yet. To be honest, I can’t quite […]
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Tags: CAMP NANO, Olympic Games, Word count, Writers Resources, Writing
Day 20 at the campsite
Who would have thought that I would still be camping 20 days in? Still having a blast and most importantly for me, still writing every day. This is the first time I have written for 20 consecutive days. I enjoyed writing whilst watching the Olympics and cheering on #TeamGB and Mo Farah, Jess Ennis and […]
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Tags: CAMP NANO, Mo Farah, National Novel Writing Month, Writers Resources, Writing
First of all, hello everyone, and thanks to Pete for having me. I’m Craig, and don’t feel bad, you shouldn’t have heard of me. I’ve never written anything you’ve read and even your most Hipster of friends isn’t alternative enough to know what’s going in my writing career. However, I’m hoping that’s all going to […]
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Tags: Craig Hallam, Evernote, Greaveburn, Writing
Camp NaNo: 10 Days in
We are more than a third of the way through the month already. Time flies when you’re doing this camping lark. The second five days have gone well. A Scream in the Woods is progressing as well as I could have hoped for and I’m on track to hit more than 50k by the end […]
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Tags: CAMP NANO, Free writing, National Novel Writing Month, Pantser, Writers Resources, Writing, Writing and Editing
Pete was kind enough to invite me to be a guest here on his blog. I’m thrilled to be here to talk to you about something that I find both fun and occasionally daunting. I’m talking about writing trilogies. Most of my ideas seem to grow into those, which I suspect is a result of […]
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Tags: Guest Posts, Planners, Story arc, Trilogy, Writing, Writing Resources
When I arrived at the NaNo style camp site I declared to the world that I am a Planner not a Pantser. It is true. I plan and without putting in that work before I start a project, I wouldn’t be able to write anything. A good few years ago, I read “On Writing” by […]
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Tags: Creative writing, Pantser, Scrivener, Stephen King, Writers Resources, Writing
Camp NaNo: 5 Days gone
Five days of Camp NaNoing and I’m having a blast! Before the start my nerves were jangling over whether I could immerse myself into writing another novel. As my other WIP has been at the forefront of my (writing) thinking for so many years, part of me wondered whether I could do this at all. […]
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Tags: CAMP NANO, London 2012, National Novel Writing Month, Olympics, WIP, Writing
Arrived at the camp site
Firstly, you might have noticed that I’ve picked up my posting over the last few days. I’m on leave during the Olympics so with no work to sap my energy I feel a new lease of life. It will end from 14th August when I return to work But I don’t want to think about […]
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Tags: Brain drain, CAMP NANO, Scrivener, WIP, Writing
Thinking of using Scrivener?
I read an article about SCRIVENER a few years ago. Thought it sounded interesting only to find it was for MAC users only. Then, when I heard it was available for Windows, I decided to give it a go, downloaded the demo and did precisely nothing with it. I didn’t have time to read through […]
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Tags: Index card, Macintosh, Microsoft Word, Scrivener, Windows, Writers Resources, Writing
