Wednesday, November 30, 2011

NaNo Update and Other News

Word Count: 24,152
I have until midnight to get to 25,000. I'm confident that I can.

A quick question to you NaNo veterans. Do you still upload your story, even if you didn't reach 50,000? I think you do, but I'm still getting the hang of the NaNo thing.

In other news, I finally joined Twitter! I'm @prernapickett, so look me up. I'm going to add a gadget to my side bar on my blog page some time later this week. So far it's really interesting to see SO many writers on there. It's crazy how all this social networking connects everyone. Pretty cool.

Okay, so I've mentioned on here before how much I dislike writing Query letters. Mainly because I suck at them. I've been practicing, and have improved, but it's still a pain. Then I realized that a synopsis is so much more evil than a query letter. Having struggled with this for quite some time, I found this awesome post over at rubyslipperedsisterhood on writing a Seven paragraph synopsis. Yeah, you read that correctly- SEVEN. This post has helped me SO MUCH with the dreaded synopsis. Now that I have a clear outline of what my goals should be for each paragraph, it's much easier. Follow the link and see for yourself. If this is something you struggle with, much like myself, it'll change EVERYTHING *says in a deep, booming voice*. Okay, the caps was a bit dramatic, but it's the only way to get you to understand how much its helped me out.

Hope everyone is enjoying their last day in Novemeber. All you NaNoers, write your hearts out in these last few hours left in the day.

11 comments:

  1. You can do it Prerna! You're almost there!

    Good luck with querying!

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  2. Go, Prerna, go! I know you can do it. Good luck with your query. I always have trouble with them too.

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  3. You'll be able to get those words in. I'm sure of it. Good luck with querying too.

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  4. Good luck with that word count!! I'm a little scared to query... I've only published poetry before but I don't think my query letters were all that good lol. I'm not sure how to write one for a NOVEL!
    Following you on twitter!

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  5. Yay for almost finishing NaNo! Congratulations!!! And I'm off to check out that seven paragraph synopsis link--thanks!

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  6. Oh so close! Good luck getting to 25k. Thanks for the synopsis link. I hate those suckers too so anything that might make it easier is much appreciated.

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  7. Great link. Synopsis writing is so very hard. I'll look for you on Twitter.

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  8. You have an awesome blog!! Can't wait to follow you on twitter!!!

    I actually have learned to appreciate query letters! I didn't say love, just appreciate (much like a synopsis). It helps me shorten how I tell my story. Gets me ready for the blurb!!! It's never ending battle in writerhood!

    I didn't participate in NaNoWriMo but I'm impressed by all who even attempt to tackle, let alone become a success!!

    YA Tournament of Heroines: Hermione is my Heroine... Care to join?

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  9. Whoot!!!! welcome to the twitter world. Going to find you over there right now!

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  10. Thanks guys! I'm not querying quite yet, i'm waiting until the new year to get the courage to do so. And thanks for the warm welcomes on Twitterverse!

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  11. Yay for joining Twitter and yippee for participating in Nano! Good job!

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