Using #Nanowrimo for fiction craft good

Using #Nanowrimo for fiction craft good

So I’m nearing the end of my nanowrimo 2015 experience and I’m going to finish this year! However, I’m still well aware of creating a crappy story. The rushed, 1667 words, approach definitely produces ‘suck’ every time. This is down to my...
Nanowrimo progress: 250k words written

Nanowrimo progress: 250k words written

This is going well. Well = cranking out the words, and losing control of my planned story in favour of a brand new plot. Check out my stats so far. I was really surprised to see that I’ve reached the 250k total words recently. This pushes my nano catalogue up to...
Nanowrimo 2016: I’m writing again!

Nanowrimo 2016: I’m writing again!

Nanowrimo for the win one more time! Yes, I did very little planning and jumped into another 50k writing session in November in a bid to kick off the dust and FORCE myself to get a writing schedule happening. So far, I’m twenty-two thousand words in, and all is...

Why is the AlphaSmart Keyboard so good for fiction writers?

I bought an AlphaSmart NEO2, and I love it Yesterday, after hearing so many other writers talk about it, I bought an AlphaSmart NEO2, and I love it. Already it has kicked me out of my writing slump and I’ve typed more words in a single sitting than I have in at...

No-one under 35 uses Hanx Writer

  Hanx Writer is currently dominating the iTunes store for writers. With 782 reviews to date, it’s hard to tell whether this really is an app doing something incredible, or whether people just love Tom Hanks. Me: people just love Tom Hanks. The app? I love...

Inkvite collaborative writing app

Just stumbled across  a new little app this morning after doing a random search. If you are into writing short-form fiction, with a friend, partner, or lover then you might want to give Inkvite a blast . It looks really well designed and thought out. They list some of...