Taking the Plunge!
50, 000 words, it said. In a month. FIFTY THOUSAND? I'd never do it. How's that for a positive start? That was 2014 - and how I became a writer. I can say - 'I'm a Writer' now, with a big dollop of humility - because...drum-roll please - I have completed my first novel! All thanks to http://nanowrimo.org/ and that challenge to write 50, 000 words in 30 days. The story idea had been germinating in my head for more than a year, and I knew I wanted to write it, but I didn't have the faintest idea how to even begin. When Facebook pointed me at a new and local Writing Group, I took it as a sign. Writing at least 2000 words a night, I read books about how to write, wrote character bibles, learned about arcs and structure and was mentored by a local author. I knew my characters better than I knew my friends. That wasn't difficult - I never saw my friends, I was too busy writing! Beside my bed is a teetering pile of notebooks, each with their own pen.