tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post3773051496451595137..comments2024-03-24T10:54:20.657-06:00Comments on Jennifer Ruth Jackson, Poet: November PADJennifer Ruth Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-41019223460695904832019-11-18T19:49:22.015-06:002019-11-18T19:49:22.015-06:00As of today, I'm about 8K behind. I've def...As of today, I'm about 8K behind. I've definitely been able to catch up from this level before. The deciding factor will be Thanksgiving holidays and how many hours I can snatch for my writing on those non-school days. The Girl Scout camping trip this weekend is definitely going to slow me down. <br /><br />The time commitment is definitely the rough part of having chosen novels as my art form. It takes me a year, on average, to have a full draft of a novel, and that's not *done* it's just a full draft, ready for revisions. <br /><br />I like the favorite lines post idea :-) Maybe "Darlings I Didn't Kill" LOL. Samantha Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684962313482409801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-4503637737858941682019-11-18T18:24:51.768-06:002019-11-18T18:24:51.768-06:00How far are you behind in NaNo? What was the furt...How far are you behind in NaNo? What was the furthest you were behind at this point in the month and still "won"? <br /><br />"...and getting more words than I would have otherwise" is exactly why I decided to attempt this year's PAD. Even if I only get one viable poem, it's one more than I had prior. <br />Three drafts of three novels? Dear cripes! I can't imagine writing one.<br /><br />Hmmm... maybe I can do a post on my favorite lines after the challenge. Thanks for the suggestion!<br />Jennifer Ruth Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-54884660511085296412019-11-16T20:01:07.922-06:002019-11-16T20:01:07.922-06:00I'm behind right now, but even on the years I&...I'm behind right now, but even on the years I've won NaNoWriMo, I was always behind at this point. I get a nice chunk of writing time over Thanksgiving holidays with no school for five days in a row so I can steal more hours for my creative life. Even if I don't "win" though I consider it worth it for the hard focus on a single project and getting more words than I would have otherwise. <br /><br />I have three published novels now, and ten stories in anthologies, but I also have three complete drafts of novels on my hard drive, waiting to be revised into something reader-ready. <br /><br />I'd be with you on poetry. Posting early drafts of that work might be too disheartening…at least if you write like I do, with layers coming in after multiple drafts. You could post some lines that you like as you go though. Samantha Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684962313482409801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-86092741506185716262019-11-16T10:19:55.527-06:002019-11-16T10:19:55.527-06:00Wow, NaNo is a huge commitment! Are you on track ...Wow, NaNo is a huge commitment! Are you on track to hit your goal? How many books does this make for you when you finish your current WIP? The October challenge sounds amazing!<br /><br />I'd love to do the blogging challenge in poetic forms, but I think that's too much failure on display at once. lol<br />I hope I do like more of my poems later, but they're pretty disastrous.<br />Jennifer Ruth Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04699005759754946494noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153239170529797909.post-18730335312461176692019-11-12T19:34:16.940-06:002019-11-12T19:34:16.940-06:00Congratulations! I'm a fan of writing challeng...Congratulations! I'm a fan of writing challenges. In October, I do the Nightmare Fuel project, which provides an eerie photo or art prompt each day and invites writers to create an accompanying piece of flash fiction. In November, I sometimes do NaNoWriMo. I'm doing it this year, trying to finish my current novel (gothic romance, The Architect and the Heir). In April, I like to do the AtoZ blogging challenge, too. <br /><br />The bad part is that some of these challenges can pull me out of my current WIP, but then that's sometimes the good part, too, because it revitalizes my creativity and gets me out of ruts. <br /><br />A poem a day would have been challenging for me even when I wrote poetry more regularly. You might feel better about some of the fodder you're creating when it's not as fresh. I know I often am hardest on my work when it's the freshest. Samantha Bryanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17684962313482409801noreply@blogger.com