§Emma
Tuesday, December 3, 2013
How I Won NaNoWriMo
Four easy steps people-
- When I didn't know what to write, I wrote.
- I procrastinated homework and wrote.
- When I had an idea for a future scene, I wrote that.
- I forced myself to stay up till ~3am writing four nights in a row.
(And then I got sick!)
:D
Ok, obviously none of those steps are very easy.
But it's true.
My most famous line:
"I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT I'M WRITING ANYMORE.
ALL I KNOW IS THAT I MUST WRITE."
Four days I missed the word goal by a couple hundred words, but two days I wrote 4,000 words (the second time was when I won XD).
Obviously this is no small feat, and congratulations to anyone who even tried :)
Now onto rough drafts and writing depression because what I just wrote sucks.
And, also, since this is my universal blog, I can thank everybody!!!
(Beware, there are some repeats :p)
FIRSTLY, Destiny ;D But you already know why I thank you XD
SECONDLY, Flint (anyone else think that's the weirdest name ever?) for also completing it after I talked him into doing it a week late XD
THIRDLY, Sophia, for finding motivation (from me I think, idk) XD
FOURTHLY, my Figment friend Lauren for reviewing my story as I posted chapters and making me feel like what I was writing was actually good and worth while XD
FIFTHLY, Elizabeth, just because you finished it too XD
SIXTHLY, for my real-life friend for chewing up my story and spitting it out in little bits and calling it editing XD Yeah, I know I need it, desperately, so there was no way I could avoid that.
SEVENTHLY, coffee. Oh coffee, I thank you the most. My ever faithful friend who gave me inspiration and kept me awake until 3am to write. *tearing up*
Ooh, check out my pretty and unofficial cover :D
Yes, my pen-name is Paragona. What? I like it :p
Anyway, that there was made by the wonderful Lauren M from Figment. She's an amazing graphic artist, yeah? She's also the artist for the cover of book 2 in the same series.
Which reminds me, if you want to read some of my book, the chapters 1-7 are on Figment :)
(Seriously, this website is freaking amazing, if you haven't checked it out yet, go do it!!)
Another congratulations and huge high-five to everyone, and may I see you next year!! ^_^
(Or, you know, March or July...)
§Emma
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