It’s been a few years since I’ve written a trash draft. A draft zero. A ‘don’t worry about it you can fix it later’ draft. […]
NaNoWriMo, Day 2
Okay, blog writing after NaNoWriMo writing may get a little exhausting. But we persevere. I got in 1,950 words tonight. This is definitely a trash […]
NaNoWriMo
I have hesitantly decided to try out NaNoWriMo this year. That’s National Novel Writing Month for those unfamiliar. Basically, you commit to writing 50,000 words […]
Writing Research, the 1950s
Things I’ve looked up in the past few days trying to plot a story set in the early 1950s: With Love, Natalie
Writing, a little
I spent four hours at Write On’s writing center today. I was inspired by the gala on Thursday to enjoy the space and curious to […]
Write On Gala
Write On Door County had their annual gala and fundraising event this evening at the Kress Pavillion. I attended with my mom — a lovely […]
Penny arcades + other writing research
Home today. Then I go to Write On. A couple of hours of timeline mapping and rewriting an old scene made new. It’s not much. […]
Writing Update: Starting with a punch
When I’m writing fiction, and I don’t know where to start, half the time I start with my character punching someone and let it flow […]
The Blow
What was it I wrote? “The wanting and then the blow” Things I can’t unknow With Love,Natalie
Healing Through Writing
I attended a “Healing Through Writing” workshop at Write’s On writing center today — an hour workshop they do monthly, though it was my first […]