Category: Writing

My NaNoWriMo Journey Thus Far

If you have seen my Twitter, you may know that I’ve been doing NaNoWriMo. It’s my first year and I’ve been doing pretty well so far. I would go as far as to say extraordinarily fair considering I was someone who never I could actually write a novel. Here I am though with over 33 thousand words and we’re not even halfway through the month. Here are some interesting tidbits that have come up for me: Supporting Characters: I had no idea that supportive characters could just appear out of nowhere. Hello, party-thrower with the cousin who’s a necessary character now. Plot Expansion: Everything would be so much easier if my two main characters could just live in a bubble and only interact with each other, then again, that would also probably be weird. This ties into the first answer because wow, I have two supporting characters that show up […]

Posted November 14, 2018 by Amber in Random, Uncategorized, Writing / 107 Comments
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All About My NaNoWriMo Work-In-Progress

All About My NaNoWriMo Work-In-Progress

Hi everyone! I have been having a very hectic month. I’ll get into that at a different time. For now, I want to talk about NaNoWriMo. I have had this somewhat idea in my head since September. I’m writing a Young Adult Contemporary novel which is part romance, part friendship and part angst. The tentative title is Summer of Memories. The vague plot is this: Two Seventeen-Year-Old best friends have graduated high school plan to have an amazing summer of memories together before they go their separate ways. Olivia, a fat, independent, videographer is planning on going to college while Alex, an up-and-coming musician is taking a gap year for both his mental health and his successful band. When Alex accidentally goes viral though, it changes the vibe between Olivia and him. I’m still working out the kinks in the plot and what exactly happens but I kind of like […]

Posted November 7, 2018 by Amber in Writing / 872 Comments
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