In the lower villages of Virilia, music is something that brings communities together. Lower village communities are always fairly close-knit, but music is one of the things that always brings a village’s members to one place and helps Continue reading “Preptober Prompts Day 2 – 2019”
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Preptober Prompts Day 1 – 2019
Preptober is finally here, along with the first installment of Preptober Prompts! :D This year we’re starting off with worldbuilding, which is a topic I absolutely love, and I’m super excited to jump into it… so let’s just do that! Continue reading “Preptober Prompts Day 1 – 2019”
6 Tips and Tricks for Writing Challenge Success
Originally written: Oct. 1, 2019
Updated: Feb. 18, 2025
We’re down to a month until NaNoWriMo, and Preptober has officially begun! As we officially enter writing challenge mode, I’d like to share a handful of tips and tricks that have helped me achieve success with NaNoWriMo and other writing challenges and will hopefully help you, whether it’s your first time participating in a writing challenge or your fifteenth. Continue reading “6 Tips and Tricks for Writing Challenge Success”
Preptober Prompts Announcement!
Last year, I started an event called Preptober Prompts to get people excited and thinking about their NaNoWriMo novels for the month of October (also known, in writer circles, as Preptober). Well, I’m bringing it back this year! I’ve made a few adjustments and worked out kinks from last year, and I’m hoping that this year will be even more fun.
Here’s how the event works. The prompts are centered around a theme (“music,” this year), and each week features a different category of prompts: worldbuilding prompts, character prompts, plot prompts, and flash fiction prompts. In addition, each week is hosted by a different blogger. I’m super happy to announce Continue reading “Preptober Prompts Announcement!”
Preptober Prompts Catch-Up
This is super late (five days late, in the case of the first prompt), but I’m catching up on Preptober Prompts as I promised yesterday.
We’re starting with Leila’s final prompt: Use an adventure that happened to you in the fall as inspiration for an event in your story.
I don’t have adventures, so this should be interesting. My life is super boring most of the time. (I might have to go digging through old journals for this one.) Continue reading “Preptober Prompts Catch-Up”