Moonless Nights

National Novel Writing Month has been wow! I have four days left to finish my 50,000 words. I'm sitting right now at 33,000. I have no doubt I will finish. But I realized this time around that maybe having a break down of the chapters isn't working for me. I find that it kind of holds me back. I started breaking down my chapters because I would sometimes forget certain details or names of characters but I'm not writing as freely anymore. I feel like I can't expand on what's already written for some odd reason. I think is better if I just sit down with a blank page and write whatever comes to my mind. I have been doing this for the last few days and I feel a lot more comfortable in my writing. This NANO year has been good for me.  I have learned about myself as a writer and I'm not feeling discouraged anymore. I think after I lost John I lost motivation because he was always pushing me forward. But I've found within me all the motivation that I need to conti...

On a rainy Sunday, I got to meet Nicola Yoon! Wow, she's amazing. What an inspiration! I didn't know much about her except that she wrote "Everything, Everything" and that a movie was made about the book. I really enjoyed the movie and actually read "Everything, Everything" in one day.  One of the things that captivated me the most about her was her honesty and how truthful she was as her experience as a writer. It made me realize that my process is common. The struggle in the middle of the novel and just finding the correct way to ending it.  She told me to make sure I finished my novels and signed my books. She was just a joy and this was one of the best experiences when meeting a writer.