60% Staring onto a blank screen
20% Drinking tea/coffee
10% Freaking out because WHAT THE HELL SHOULD I WRITE?
10% Procrastinating on the internet
5% Looking for music to write with
5% Actually writing.
That equals 110%
duh, we’re authors, not mathmagicians.
I think you mean mathematician…
NO. MATHMAGICIANS. THEY FUCKING DO MAGIC. THAT IS WHAT MATH IS. DARK MAGIC THAT SATAN MADE UP.
(via altarofwords)
Source: carrylovescurry
This month, we’re taking the SURVIVAL acronym from a wilderness survival guide, and using it to lead you through the depths of the forests, lakes, and crags of your writing journey. Our very own Michael Adamson, a valiant intern here at Camp HQ expounds on V — Vanquish Fear and Panic:
- S – Size Up the Situation
- U – Use All Your Senses, Undue Haste Makes Waste
- R – Remember Where You Are
- V – Vanquish Fear and Panic
- I – Improvise
- V – Value Living
- A – Act Like the Natives
- L – Live by Your Wits, But for Now, Learn Basic Skills
Picture yourself upon a mountaintop.
The wind is howling. Your mind is tired. Your body is exhausted. You wonder what madness drove you here. Your route back to camp is a winding, precarious trail down the mountainside. The skies begin to darken. You are miles from safety. Out there in the distance, a wildcat does growl….
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We’re rolling out the red carpet to the Script Cabins at Camp NaNoWriMo. This is the fourth and final guide for all you future screenwriters, playwrights, and graphic novelists, and we’re tackling that most familiar of mediums: television!
There’s not a person writing television today who didn’t start off sitting alone at their desk, wondering who the heck they were trying to fool. What made them special is that they didn’t give it up.
If you’ve never written a TV script before, fear not. As you move through the pointers below, you’ll probably realize that most of them are already second nature:
To Spec or Not To Spec
I went for the random cabin mates for this years Camp NaNoWriMo, and we shall see what type of people I get to share my cabin with. Not sure what the heck I am writing yet. I think back to Urban Fantasy, but that might change here again with yet another mood shift or idea for a great novel to write. Anyone else in this boat of let’s change our mind basically everyday until April on what I want to write?
So it looks like I’m off to join up with Camp NaNoWriMo this year to crank out another book or well rough draft before November. Anyone else out there heading off for Camp NaNoWriMo?
I have so much I want to say,
so many stories, images, proverbs, etc.
But the words aren’t good enough,
the wrong ones kiss me.
Sometimes I fly like an eagle
but with the wings of a wren.
(via seanoftheundead)
Source: femme-ex-machina
All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary—it’s just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.
(via altarofwords)
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