We've sailed past the halfway point of camp and I'm excited to report I hit 30k words yesterday. THIRTY THOUSAND. This is the farthest I've ever gotten during NaNo. This is monumental for me! Check out my eval of 10k and 20k if you're interested in how I got here. I got to 30k faster… Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo: Over The Hump And 30k Words
Tag: Writing Tools
This OnE WeIrD TrIcK Got My Motivation Back
Ew. I am SO SORRY about that title. That's awful. But it's true, there is one kinda odd thing I started doing maybe a week and a half ago that got me motivated to write more, and I'm going to share that with you now. But seriously, sorry. So I have been on a slow… Continue reading This OnE WeIrD TrIcK Got My Motivation Back
Figure of Speech: Paradiastole
My favorite euphemism was born one fine Sunday afternoon when a Jehovah's Witness came proselytizing at our door. Husband answered, intending to politely explain we were already zealously devoted to the Dark Lord, when the good Witness spotted one of our cats, Bartholomew. When Husband saw the man's eyes fall onto and then expand at… Continue reading Figure of Speech: Paradiastole
Writing Nest
I've heard tell that people who work from home need to cultivate a work-specific space to keep themselves on task. This may not apply to everyone, but in my experience I like to feel "in the zone" in order to do serious writing. When I was in high school, I had a desk in my… Continue reading Writing Nest
Figure of Speech: Zeugma
I first heard the term zuegma in a course on Shakespeare. I don't remember the Shakespearian example given, but the second was from Alanis Morissette's "Head Over Heels": You held your breath / And the door for me That's stuck with me because it's such a perfect illustration of the term. But this post would… Continue reading Figure of Speech: Zeugma
A.K. Caggiano 