NaNo Pep Cards

[age.livejournal.com]

I posted these last year, and was thinking maybe I could post them again? If this isn't cool, that's fine :) I won't post'em, but I know we had a lot of fun reading them and they were encouraging to a lot of people.

The First Day. A blank page. And a slight panic about starting the book off on the right foot. But you know what? There are no wrong feet. Take a tip from freewheeling graphic design guru Bruce Mau on the subject of beginnings:

"Not knowing where to begin is a common form of paralysis. Begin anywhere.

Day 1 flashcard from the No Plot? No Problem! writing kit, the genius brainchild of Chris Baty.

Happy writing, everyone!!!

Comments

[nohea-pua.livejournal.com]

good advice. I love the icon btw.

[age.livejournal.com]

Hee! You'll have to send your praises to the icon maker, michaela0823.

It was really tough to choose from her batch of NaNo icons, and in the end I decided this was the most appropriate for me and my usual NaNo experience.

[cloverdew.livejournal.com]

Love it! Thanks :)

[inugrlrayn.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting these. Also, I've got to second the icon love. :)

[age.livejournal.com]

Heh, thanks :) See above for who to really gush your appreciation over!

(And you're welcome! These cards are brilliantly written and make for good butt-kickings.)

[philreed.livejournal.com]

I'll take all of the encouragement I can get this first day. I'm already slamming my head into the wall of frustration.

[age.livejournal.com]

When the Wall of Frustration is looming before me, I take it out on my protagonist. I made her cry last year and am damned proud of it.

Nothing like turning your annoyance with NaNo into a pitiful and self-deprecating stream-of-consciousness-style internal monologue for your Main Character.

Helps purge the feelings and pads your word-count.

...No, I'm not mean, why do you ask? *innocent*

[shinywen.livejournal.com]

Great, thank you! I bought the book but can't find it now... ARGH! Symbolic, perhaps, of the madness that is NNWM for me.

[callita623.livejournal.com]

lol! i was totally in panic this morning looking at a blank screen. i totally relate.

[mbeancntr.livejournal.com]

Love it. Thank you for posting. I'll look forward to these.

[iyanaari.livejournal.com]

Very encouraging. Thanks.

[ionicaq.livejournal.com]

Awesome, thank you for posting. :D

[hecate-12.livejournal.com]

Makes me feel a whole lot better about being 4,000 words in and still no idea of a freaking plot! 0

[belladora.livejournal.com]

Good advice!

I decided to write my novel out of order, because the fear of starting out right was paralyzing my fingers! *laughs* I started smack dab in the middle.

[dragonbloodink.livejournal.com]

Awesome!