I just found this awesome little tool that will help me so much with my writing. A last name generator for characters! Here's the link: http://www.namegenerator.biz/last-name-generator.php This will save me so much time!!
-Poppy Red
Friday, November 8, 2013
Sunday, November 3, 2013
Friday, September 27, 2013
Website Relaunch
The staff at the Office of Letters and Light is getting ready to relaunch the Young Writers Program website for November! On October 1st, everything will be wiped clean and we'll start anew with a clean slate! There are some things you can do to get ready:
1. Save your info! If you don't have your synopsis/excerpt/forum posts saved on your computer, it's time to do some copying and pasting. Everything will be deleted except for your writing buddies and your author info, so save anything on your novel info page.
2. Clean out your inbox. Yep, this is yet something else you can do--clean up your NaNoMail. You won't believe how cluttered your mailbox can get after a couple years of desperately messaging friends for help on plot and characters!
3. Get back in the groove. Write some outlines. Read some pep talks. Get back on the website. Send out a private message or two. Get a book cover. Get so pumped that you cannot wait for November 1st, and the momentum will carry you all through November!
See you then (and probably sooner),
President Fantasy
1. Save your info! If you don't have your synopsis/excerpt/forum posts saved on your computer, it's time to do some copying and pasting. Everything will be deleted except for your writing buddies and your author info, so save anything on your novel info page.
2. Clean out your inbox. Yep, this is yet something else you can do--clean up your NaNoMail. You won't believe how cluttered your mailbox can get after a couple years of desperately messaging friends for help on plot and characters!
3. Get back in the groove. Write some outlines. Read some pep talks. Get back on the website. Send out a private message or two. Get a book cover. Get so pumped that you cannot wait for November 1st, and the momentum will carry you all through November!
See you then (and probably sooner),
President Fantasy
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Preparing for November
Hello, everyone! November is approaching very quickly, and in the meantime, there are some things we need to do to prepare. Here are some things that should be done:
1. Write a short outline. (Conflict, climax, resolution. I think you all remember this from last year and previous years...right, Tigerr? ;) If you need a reminder, ask me in the comments.)
2. Fill out the NaNoWriMo workbook online, or order one. I strongly recommend filling this workbook out, since it helps you know your story better than you ever would have otherwise. It also helps you to get your outlining beyond the "Conflict, climax, resolution" phase, which is really just the bare bones. You can find the workbooks at this link: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/workbooks
3. Write a pep talk for the NaNoWriMo pep talk contest. You heard me! You could be one of this year's NaNoWriMo pep talkers! For more info, head here: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/node/1536710
4. Fill out the 46 question character questionnaire. These really help to flesh out your characters. Try to fill one out for your protagonist (main character/hero), your antagonist (your villain), and any important side characters. You can find them at this link: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/files/ywp/nano_ywp_08_chars_ms_0.pdf
We can do this! ;) Fist pump!
Warm regards,
President Fantasy
1. Write a short outline. (Conflict, climax, resolution. I think you all remember this from last year and previous years...right, Tigerr? ;) If you need a reminder, ask me in the comments.)
2. Fill out the NaNoWriMo workbook online, or order one. I strongly recommend filling this workbook out, since it helps you know your story better than you ever would have otherwise. It also helps you to get your outlining beyond the "Conflict, climax, resolution" phase, which is really just the bare bones. You can find the workbooks at this link: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/workbooks
3. Write a pep talk for the NaNoWriMo pep talk contest. You heard me! You could be one of this year's NaNoWriMo pep talkers! For more info, head here: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/node/1536710
4. Fill out the 46 question character questionnaire. These really help to flesh out your characters. Try to fill one out for your protagonist (main character/hero), your antagonist (your villain), and any important side characters. You can find them at this link: http://ywp.nanowrimo.org/files/ywp/nano_ywp_08_chars_ms_0.pdf
We can do this! ;) Fist pump!
Warm regards,
President Fantasy
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Ready For NaNoWriMo!
-Poppy Red
Monday, September 16, 2013
NaNoWriMo Approaches!
Hey, all! :) Just a quick note to remind you all that, in 44 days, it's going to be NaNoWriMo once again! And the NaNoWriMo's website relaunch is coming soon. That means that, in a couple of weeks, you'll be able to be back up on the website, updating your novel information and adding in all your info!
Got any bright ideas? Need help with a title? Want a book cover? Leave a comment! (Or a post. Those are fun, too.)
See you on the flipside, and for old times' sake, don't trust Phil if you meet him on a dark road! (Though you prob'ly can...unless you're, like, evil or something.)
-President Fantasy
Got any bright ideas? Need help with a title? Want a book cover? Leave a comment! (Or a post. Those are fun, too.)
See you on the flipside, and for old times' sake, don't trust Phil if you meet him on a dark road! (Though you prob'ly can...unless you're, like, evil or something.)
-President Fantasy
Thursday, June 27, 2013
Kate DiCamillo
Hey, guys! (Or girls.) Check out what Kate DiCamillo said about writing:
"About twenty years ago, I came to the conclusion that it would be easier to write than not to write, easier to do the work, than not to do the work.
So, I do the work.
Some of the time the work does not go well.
Actually, a lot of the time the work does not go well.
I do it any way.
And then, there are those times (after days and weeks and months of the work not going well) when a story will suddenly, unexpectedly, open.
It is like trailing around after a peacock, hoping that he will fan his feathers.
When you least expect it, when you have stopped hoping, stopped believing, it happens.
The feathers unfold and you catch sight of some radiant beauty.
You think: I will follow this bird anywhere.
And you will. You do."
Cool, huh?
-President Fantasy
"About twenty years ago, I came to the conclusion that it would be easier to write than not to write, easier to do the work, than not to do the work.
So, I do the work.
Some of the time the work does not go well.
Actually, a lot of the time the work does not go well.
I do it any way.
And then, there are those times (after days and weeks and months of the work not going well) when a story will suddenly, unexpectedly, open.
It is like trailing around after a peacock, hoping that he will fan his feathers.
When you least expect it, when you have stopped hoping, stopped believing, it happens.
The feathers unfold and you catch sight of some radiant beauty.
You think: I will follow this bird anywhere.
And you will. You do."
Cool, huh?
-President Fantasy
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