NaNoWriMo

Firstly, hi.

It’s been a while since I have sat down to write a blog post.

Today I want to talk about NaNoWriMo or National Novel Writing Month. I have attempted NaNoWriMo a few times and used the software to help keep me motivated to write daily and I feel that it’s helped me so far. Anyway, this year my plan was to start the first draft of book 3 in my BrightStone Saga after finishing book 2, but that didn’t go to plan for other reasons I won’t bore you with. So this year, I will be focusing on finishing book 2 in November and getting the story down finally.

As I’ve said before, I am a slow writer and do need that push sometimes so NaNoWriMo is the perfect opportunity for me to get book 2 finished. I am aiming for the 50k words but I’ve never done it on the previous tries, so I’m not going to torture myself if I don’t make it. Day 1 went okay and I did a little over 500 words which lately is great for me. I’ve been averaging a few hundred words per week and that’s on a good one. Day 2 I did just shy of 600 words so from day 3 onwards my play is to aim for a thousand words a day and see where I am at the end.

To finish book 2 I think I’m going to need around about 40-45k words so this is the perfect time to try and get it done.

I would love to hear what people are doing this month, if it’s NaNoWriMo or some other challenge.

So that’s it for now. Check out my book here if you fancy reading an epic fantasy story with multiple POV’s, realistic battles and of course, magic! https://amzn.to/43CRevH

Read it, and please, if you do, could you review it, as it helps me and every other author.

Thanks again,

Lee

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