{"id":1506,"date":"2018-12-07T07:27:01","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T07:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/procrastinationstation.me.uk\/Blog\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2018-12-07T07:31:28","modified_gmt":"2018-12-07T07:31:28","slug":"post-nano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/procrastinationstation.me.uk\/?p=1506","title":{"rendered":"Post Nano"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It’s the 6th December so this is a bit late but happy to say that I managed to complete NaNo 2018. Really happy that I managed to keep it going this year. I had steady progress throughout the month. I also think that this year the writing group and the Darlo NaNo group were a great help, constantly pushing each other and using the Discord chat program to write together when we were not at meetups. I wrote another Novella sized story in the Shattered Worlds sci-fi universe. Don’t get me wrong, in true\u00a0nano style it’s a load of rubbish and will need lots and lots of redrafting and building up. But it’s a framework for me to work with and it had me writing almost every day, something I would like to carry on in a limited manner. It really does highlight that I want to write more and I can do this when I am working towards something.<\/p>\n

So, what now?<\/p>\n

There are several things I would like to do moving forward. I am not comfortable with weaving narrative and dialogue and when I write it looks wooden and stunted, two people stood still talking, so I need to look through the many how-to books I have and choose one that is going to help me with this, then I need to work through it consistently.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/youtu.be\/N4ZDBOc2tX8\u00a0<\/a>I also want to complete watching the Brandon Sanderson writing series of youtube videos as they were helping and I found them to be very interesting.<\/p>\n

The last thing I want to start doing is actually reading my writing magazines before they are months out of date and anything interesting I find has already passed me by. I can then look at completing\u00a0at least one writing competition from each one monthly. Doing these should help me hone my writing.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that’s my update, for now. I need to go to work and earn some money.<\/p>\n

See you in the funny papers….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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