We now have just a week to go before we blast off for NaNoWriMo 2012. The objective is to write a novel of 50,000 words during the calendar month of November 2012, starting from scratch. Some choose to be “rebels” and do short stories instead. I have chosen to be part of this rebel band this year.
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Article first published as Cracking NaNoWriMo on Technorati. With about twenty days left for NaNoWriMo, there’s still time for you to plan to participate and succeed. Here are my tips on “Cracking NaNoWriMo”.
Like in every other business, in writing too there are a few authors who make more money than millions of others put together! Yes, I realize that you write for the love of writing, to find an outlet for your creative talent and so on, but you might be inspired by reading this article in Forbes on The World’s Highest Paid Authors. Continue reading “Highest Paid Authors”
I am a frequent visitor to BookRix where I enjoy reading stories put up by others. My short stories are on view too. It’s here that I came across something new to me. It’s called a drabble- which means you have to write a short ( or shall we say -very short) story in- here’s the catch- just 100 words.
If you are stuck while writing and don’t how how to get ahead, take a break and look at these wonderful quotes- which give insight and inspiration for you to get back to that writing with a new energy! Online College has put together this interesting collection of 101 tips– really words of wisdom.
To us die-hard fans of Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, he was simply The Master. I have admired his writing for over four decades now and rate him to be one of the finest writers in the English language. Sadly the milieu he wrote off is rather dated as the years speed by and many today perhaps find it difficult to relate to the more leisurely life of those times. Times may have changed but his mastery of the language and writing style remain unmatched.
Prem Rao : Stories from a Story Teller 