Anna Aden Writes

So you need a word count and need a bit of help. Let your character go on a rant. It can be anything. Underpaid and overworked. Who ate the last cookie in the jar? Who drank the milk and put back the empty in the fridge? There must be loads of things that bug you. Be free and say them through your character. Unlease your temper and anger through your character. Yes that is my tip for today.   Posted with Blogsy

Next tip is find a storytelling paradigm. There are plenty out there. At the basic level there is the three act, but it can get more detailed. I'll use an old favourite called the hero's journey. However there are plenty out there if you googled. Basically it's hollywood screenwriters giving formulas. Does it work? Who cares, we just want to hit 50,000. Some do swear by them. They tend to be effective for chase novels. But hey who cares? Let's roll. And now it's about planning beats. Do I do this? Sometimes but hey this is for fun. It also means if you get stuck you can just look at the plan. It's very simple. So I was using Beyonce's 4 album arrangement. Now Under each stage I'm going to put a chapter heading. Does that make sense? As I said this is for fun, you aren't getting graded. You google for the rest.  http://www.thewritersjourney.com/hero's_journey.htm  This will give you a guide. Its stages are: THE ORDINARY WORLD . 1. ...

So today is the first day. Good luck all! I thought this may be a little help for those who still don't know what to write.  Get a favourite record, or any record and look at the song headings at the back of it. Or you could simply just go to iTunes or Amazon. I'm using Beyonce's 4 Love On Top Party (feat. André 3000) Schoolin' Life Countdown I Miss You Dance For You I Care Rather Die Young 1+1 End of Time Run the World (Girls) Best Thing I Never Had Start Over I Was Here Now you have fourteen chapters and the goal is about 3572 words per chapter. All you need to is keep writing until you hint that word could, think of what could happen in the next chapter as a prompt. Will it make sense at the end? I don't know but you need to try and perhaps discover some goal. -----------------------------------------------------------  Check out Bigga Day's books on Smashwords.com https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bigga Apple i...

Are you ready? Are you steady? Are you ready to GO! I'll try everyday to say something motivational or a prompt or something for this period of 30 days of pure writing. Good Luck! -----------------------------------------------------------  Check out Bigga Day's books on Smashwords.com https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/bigga Apple iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/bigga-day/id595585425?mt=11 Barnes and Nobles http://www.barnesandnoble.com/c/bigga-day Kobo http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/Search?query=Bigga%20Day&fcsearchfield=Author