Camp NaNoWriMo Begins TODAY!

Wooooohooooooo!

For all those people who are doing the writing challenge that starts today and ends on September 1st at 12:00 AM, I would like to wish you folks GOOD LUCK!

You can also share an excerpt or your synopsis of your Camp NaNoWriMo novel here.

Also, I have written two posts with Camp NaNoWriMo tips. Here are the links:

http://pickyaboutbooks329.blogspot.com/2012/07/a-few-tips-on-camp-nanowrimo-info-on-my.html
http://pickyaboutbooks329.blogspot.com/2012/06/camp-nanowrimo-survival.html

Here's the synopsis of my book, "The Most Wanted Boy in Moldy."

Matt lives in the city of Moldy, a big but grimy town created by people with no money. Matt, like a lot of the orphans living there, takes care of himself. And now at the age of thirteen years old, he is old enough to have a job.

So Matt takes a job as a cleaner at St. Du Mario Lance Hospital. But soon after he starts his work, he runs into a closet that leads him to a big room under the hospital containing what no citizen of Moldy has ever seen.

Suddenly, Matt is the most wanted man in the city of Moldy, as well as neighboring towns and cities too. And he must run away and get to safety. But what he has seen under St. Du Mario Lance Hospital is filling his dreams and thoughts, and he finds himself with a great question: Go to Moldy and save the town, or remain in hiding for the rest of his life.

A Few Tips on Camp NaNoWriMo

I'm participating in the August event of Camp NaNoWriMo, and I'll write a few more tips for you. (I wrote an earlier post on some Camp NaNoWriMo tips. Read it here.)

First off, if you don't know what Camp NaNoWriMo (or just the regular NaNoWriMo) is, it's an online writing challenge where you have to write a novel of 50,000 words in a month. The Young Writers Program (YWP) NaNoWriMo is set up a bit differently; you set your own goal. However, this is unavailable for participants 18 years of age and up.

Anyways. Here's my plan for this month's NaNoWriMo:

• Write 20-30 chapters, maybe one for each day (two or more if I feel like it).
• Devote my time on the computer to it.
• Don't get distracted.

You should apply these tips also. Again, read my older article on other tips here.

The Add-On Story

You may have done this before, but I love doing this.

I'll write a sentence to start a story. Then you have to write a comment with a sentence that keeps the story moving on. People will keep adding to the story, making the characters doing many things.

RULES:

• Sentences you write must be in a comment on this post.
• Have fun.
• Everything must be G-rated. No swearing/cursing (some call it "cussing"), no blood, no violence. You can make it wierd, like "suddenly he turned into a lion with three heads and the lion ate five trees," but nothing PG or above. Thanks!
• Don't end the story suddenly. Wait until I give the heads-up.
• Please write only 1-3 sentences.
• No arguing with each other. No bullying. Everyone be nice to each other. We want this to be a friendly environment.

Remember that I have the authority to delete comments.

I will let you know when we're about to wrap up the story, so we can all write the ending together.

Here's the starting sentence:

On the top of a hill was an old, dilapidated building.

News Update #1

The highlights are:

• I've started writing a series of books. Just wrote last night and wrote today. Over 2,000 words accomplished!
• I've been reading a lot more books now. Seems like my "mission" is almost over. I'm going to most likely get a library card soon!

May or May Not Know #1

Okay, so I may be starting this "May or May Not Know" thing, but it's a little post I'll put up every now and then with writing tips or facts, one that the average writer may know, and one that the average writing probably doesn't know.

May Know


As of now, writing "Said (insert name here)" after dialog is only accepted in fantasy novels. In any other genre, it should be written as "(Insert name here) said." (I'm pretty sure about this.)

May Not Know


The simple present tense of the word spit is simply spit. The simple future tense of the word spit is will spit. But the simple past tense of the word spit is not spit. It's spat. So you don't write, "She was so furious that she spit on the ground." You would write, "She was so furious that she spat on the ground." Make sense?

If you wish to challenge any of the above, you're welcome to. Just please don't write anything inappropriate. This site is intended for all ages.

Two books I have read this month...

I read two books this June, one called "The Maze Runner" (by James Dashner) and the other called "Deadweather and Sunrise" (by Geoff Rodkey). You should read them if you haven't already.

The Maze Runner is the first in a series. It sucked me right in and I spent hours at a time reading it. It took me about 4 or 5 days to read it. Check it out if you haven't already. (I'm going to read the second one as soon as I can!)

Deadweather and Sunrise is the first in a series and was very recently published, and I got sucked into it as well and it only took me 2 days to read it. (Might have to write a book review, it's new) (The second book isn't coming out for a year!)

Camp NaNoWriMo: Survival

Camp NaNoWriMo has begun! I'm participating in August.

For those of you who don't know what NaNoWriMo is, it's "National Novel Writing Month," and it's every November. You have to write a novel in one month, and there's a word-count goal you have to get to to win. And now there's also NaNoWriMo in June and August!

Here is the plan to help you get through NaNoWriMo, or, to be exact, Camp NaNoWriMo.

1. Devote time to it. If you have a busy schedule, you'll need to put NaNoWriMo in it for at least 2-3 hours.
2. Don't be distracted. Do not let yourself be distracted from your writing. Focus only on the novel, not computer games, Facebook, Twitter, or anything else.
3. Keep it up. If you want to become a published author one day, you can't give up. I'm not saying that you'll publish your NaNo novel, but still, you can't give up.
4. Stretch. You can't just sit for two or three hours and type. You'll need to get up at least once and take a quick, relaxing walk to refresh your mind.
5. Play music. I love playing music when I write.

Hope these help, and good luck!