Welcome back to my itsy-bitsy corner of the web, today I am going to talk about a dangerous trial called; NANOWRIMO!!! It’s a writing challenge to encourage budding authors but it usually just leaves me burning in failure because I never plan well enough…😓
Although I think it is a really great learning experience and kinda fun getting pushed to complete a novel in thirty days!
I am really excited for nano this year because I was planning on writing a novel this year and nano makes me really excited!
I don’t feel comfortable sharing that much info on my novel because I don’t want anything to get stolen! I am still trying to decide on which book cover to use or what look I am going for AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW THE STORY IS GOING TO FLOW SO OOF
If you guys like any of these please tell me! The hint for the book genre is DYSTOPIAN!!
Sooo yeah I am still pretty confused on where my book is going but I am sure I will figure it out somehow! Last year nano was so much fun because I did it in a little club with Tess(blackiesunshine) and some other fun bloggers! I loved it and I hope she hosts that again!! WINK WINK (please Tess host it again ;D)
I worked reaaaally hard on these and I made only two of the MAIN MAIN MAIN MAIN CHARACTERS!
YEEEEEEEEEEET! I really hope you guys like them! I did take quite a lot of hard
WORRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRK!!
I am really excited for nano this year, and just a LITTLE STRESSED OUT! *twitches* AND NOW ITS TIME FOR A LITTLE PIECE OF WRITING TO INSPIRE ALL OUR BUDDING AUTHORS 😀
Asher walked into the room in deep thought, wondering why he was even here. With a sigh, he took a seat in the blank room. Almost like the blank page when you start Nanowrimo on November 1st and you have absolutely no idea what to write.
“Hi there Asher, take a seat! Oh, you already have, never mind then” I smiled, waving at the insecure bean.
“Greetings and Salutations.” Asher nodded, feeling a bit nervous. He had never been in an interview before. He started fidgeting with the zipper on his black trenchcoat. It was getting warm in the room so he started to take it off.
“Uh, have you seen Cleo yet?” I asked, hoping not to frighten the anxious boy.
“No, sorry Miss. I haven’t… I don’t really know who Cleo is…” He mumbled, taking off the rest of his coat and sitting it next to him in the empty chair beside him. Then the door burst wide open and a flurry of a human ran in, obviously a mess.
“Sorry, I’m Late!” The girl stammered, nearly dropping everything in her hand. She struggled to stand still, wobbling about and trying to regain balance.
I blinked, trying to conceal a giggle at the poor girl. Two anxious younglings in one day. That was different from the usual. “Are you Cleo?” I asked,”I’m Ava and I will be asking you two a few questions.”
“Yeah! I’m Cleo, sorry about the bad introduction, I was pretty busy this morning and…yeah.” She said, finally taking a seat in the blank white chair.
Asher glanced over at the girl and smiled a bit. “Hi, I’m Asher.” The girl nodded at him and softly smiled.
“Alrighty…” I said, biting my lip and looking over my list.”Just to let you both know, you are in the writing hub. Fictional characters that will soon be developed and sent to the other realities or fictional worlds.”
Asher felt quite confused. He never thought that he was fictional, or made up. He had feelings and thoughts and… he most certainly thought he was real. “Soo… we aren’t human like you?”
I sighed, feeling somewhat confused myself. It was hard to explain how stories and characters were made and it wasn’t often talked about. I had no training in this subject. “Uhhh… It’s hard to explain…I don’t even fully know all of the world’s writing secrets. You’d have to ask the creativity master.” I mumbled.
Cleo hadn’t spoken for a while, but her ears perked when she heard of some master. “Creativity Master?” She thought aloud, unsure if she was truly asking a question or not.
“Nevermind that! On with the questions!” I said, quickly scanning through my paper. Maybe I really wasn’t set out for the amazing role as an author, maybe I should just go back to reading books every day.
maybe I should just quit… and stop dreaming
“Ava?” The room is blurry and I hear people calling my name. I blink and open my eyes to the blank piece of paper facing me. Then I look up out the window facing me above my desk and I see a bird. A little yellow bird trying to fly. It falls at first, but then… it soars. The little bird keeps trying and trying until it can fly so high it touches the clouds.
With a smile on my face, I seize my pencil and begin to write. Because just like the little bird, I will teach myself how to fly.
Wow, that didn’t turn out well.
I mainly posted that because I really wanted to write and I failed. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS DURING NANO!:P
well that was fun HAH everyone’s nano WIP looks so nice and mine is just AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH
well. I hope you guys enjoyed me struggling at writing a blog post 😛
Are you doing nano this year? Did you enjoy my hamilton gifs? Do you struggle to write?
thanks so much for reading! have a great day <33
I love the idea you have so far. All your book covers look amazing personally I would chose the third one xx
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I like the second cover best for a dystopian story, but the third one is more optimistic, depends what vibe you’re going for. Quick tip though: I don’t want to sound rude but if you use the first one, I’d take out the ‘those’ in the bottom right hand corner so it’s just ‘Not all who wander are lost’ it’s less wordy and reads better but still makes sense 🙂
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I like the first and second covers the most! 😊
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I can’t wait to figure out more about your wittle Nano! It looks super interesting – I like the second cover the best.
As for the WA group – I don’t know if I’m going to have time to do it this year. 😦 I’d love to add you as a writing buddy tho!
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No that was really good! My favorite cover was the last one. And hey, another Asher! We should start a “Fictional Ashers Club.” XD
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Aww thank you!
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Okay, thanks for the tip! Also the feel of the book is kinda a sad mood. I am still figuring things out!
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Thanks!! I would love to be writing buddies too!
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YESSS XD
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I had never heard of anyone named Asher when I started writing my book, but now it’s super popular. 😂 Thankfully I haven’t stumbled across any Amaras…. 🤞🏻
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XD. I love the name Asher and it fits so perfectly for my OC. The name just sounds so pure and innocent! Idk why 😛
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It does! 😄
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Haha, no problem! Just looking out for you! Also, the second cover would be great for sad because of the monochrome colours! ♥️
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“Watching it buuuuuurn” Oh ma word, that’s me to a T. XD
And I really loved the last cover! ❤ NaNo should be fun? Right? I think- I hope so- I'm gonna be a rebel and start now 😛 Loved reading about your fascinating WIP!
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YESSSSSS XD! Nano is alot of fun in the end! Thanks so much 😛
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I’m doing Nano- I wish you luck!! It’s a lot of fun, but kinda stressful sometimes! I really liked the second cover. 🙂
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