{"id":390,"date":"2011-11-07T14:01:27","date_gmt":"2011-11-07T14:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/cindy2\/index.php\/2011\/11\/07\/writing-every-day\/"},"modified":"2019-10-23T12:54:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T16:54:59","slug":"writing-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/2011\/11\/07\/writing-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Writing Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

My goal for NaNoWriMo is 200 words a day. It\u2019s not a very large goal, but it\u2019s one that allows me to keep thinking about my story and keep discovering what it\u2019s about and who my characters are. It\u2019s a goal that\u2019s possible no matter how busy I am with other things. And by the end of November, I\u2019ll have plot elements and characters to work with and begin shaping into a real novel.<\/span><\/p>\n

 When I know I\u2019m going to write every day, I find that I am always thinking about my story and characters. I see things during the day that influence and inform what I\u2019m writing. I write notes to myself to remind me to write a particular scene. My notebook right now has this list: <\/span><\/p>\n

 beach
slide
kennel\u2014where dog is\u2014what are you going to get?
church
chores
cow pound
video\u2014there is a house<\/span><\/p>\n

Each day when I sit down to write my 200 words, I choose one of these and write to describe my character in this place. Every day as I go through the day, I add to my list.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prompts are another way to get into a story. I use prompts to discover action or to find out more about my character. Here are some prompts that I use over and over. Sometimes I use them as starters for the next section of a story. Sometimes I write them from the point of view of a character as though he\/she is saying or writing it. Try these when you\u2019re stuck and see if you can write 200 words!<\/span><\/p>\n

I love the smell of\u2026
It always seemed so far away\u2026
You can\u2019t be serious\u2026
I wish I never\u2026
I knew I could\u2026
I could never forget\u2026
When the house was quiet\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry about how this section will fit into your story. As you keep working and keep thinking, you will figure that out.<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019m ahead of my NaNoWriMo goals. How are you doing?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My goal for NaNoWriMo is 200 words a day. It\u2019s not a very large goal, but it\u2019s one that allows me to keep thinking about my story and keep discovering what it\u2019s about and who my characters are. It\u2019s a goal that\u2019s possible no matter how busy I am with other things. And by the … Continue reading “Writing Every Day”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1235,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions\/1235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cindyfaughnan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}