Tag: writing

NaNoWriMo has finished – what am I doing now?

Now NaNoWriMo has finished, there is work to be done.

  1. finish the story
  2. read the story
  3. either, give up and delete the whole thing, or begin some serious editing

What do I do instead? Make animated cartoons on the internet, of course!

Click here to find out how.

NaNoWriMo Word Cloud

Wordle: NaNoWriMo blog Now that I have finished my 50,000 words and with spare time on my hands, I have been doing some surfing (no, not the physical kind of surfing) and discovered this ingenious little toy called Wordle. Enter text of your choosing and you can create your very own word cloud. Then alter the font and colour scheme and create something different.

Of course I couldn’t resist.

Above is one version of my NaNoWriMo blog word cloud

Below is one I created earlier…

NaNoWriMo-Word cloud

Did it. 50,000 words!

National Novel Writing Month, official winning certificate, for completing 50,000 words, 2010Yes, 50,000 words and 24 days of writing like a maniac. I have submitted my text for the word count and am, officially, a NaNoWriMo winner, 2010.

Now, I just need to finish the damn story! I think there are around 10,000 more words to write to tie up the plot. Then I will leave it a few weeks to simmer, before reading it again.

If I find any merit in this piece of work, I will spend some time editing like mad, before I decide what to do with it.

It has been an experience.

Can’t wait till next year.