nanowrimo_lj | Pep Card: Day 28 & 29

Sorry. I was so trying to make my word count for yesterday before my schedule took me away from the keyboard for the entire day, that I forgot to post this.

Pep Card: Day 28

When it comes to ornamentations on buildings, architects tend to give up after creating the first story. The truth is, no matter how much work they put into decorating the upper floors' façades, people just don't notice things higher than 10 feet. (This is also the reason that towering warehouse shops like Costco or Wal-Mart don't worry overly much about leaving their ceilings surprisingly raw and ugly.) Remember the law of invisible ceilings when you worry that you've left something ruinously ugly in your book. Caught up in the sweep of your story, most readers won't even notice the rough patches.

Pep Card: Day 29

Once I was on a plane, smooshing my forehead against the window, watching farmlands pass ina slow-motion scroll beneath me. I was willing the plane to go faster, eager to get home, when another passenger jet shot through the airspace below, rocketing in the opposite direction at an unbelievable speed. It took me a second to realize the obvious: We were going just as fast as the other jet. But when you're riding a bullet, it's easy to lose track of speed. This is a lot like your novel. Take a second and scroll back through all you've written in the last 28 days. You did all that. It came out of nowhere, at a speed that would make professional writers queasy. You'll likely hear a clunk at the end of today's noveling session. It's the sound of the landing gear coming down. You're almost home, writer.

Day 28 & 29 flashcards from the No Plot? No Problem! writing kit, the genius brainchild of Chris Baty.