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Closing Out October…

10.31.2017 by Starla Huchton // Leave a Comment

It’s become apparent I’m really bad at keeping up with the blogging thing. How is it already Halloween???

There’s always new things popping up for me, so if you’re not already following me on Instagram, Facebook, or Twitter, that’s the best way to get the news as it happens. :)

Anyway, so what am I up to these days? Well, a few things. Fun things, of course!

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Categories // Contemporary, General News, Stuff, Updates, Writing Tags // Christmas, contemporary romance, Etsy, holiday romance, Learn, NaNoWriMo, romance, Santa, wandmaking, wands, Young Writers Program

YWP & NaNoWriMo Wrap-Up

12.20.2012 by Starla Huchton // 1 Comment

I swear I meant to do this post weeks ago. December has really gotten away from me!

NaNoWriMo was a HUGE success for me this year. November resulted in a higher word count than I’ve ever had in such a short period of time. I’m still pretty astounded at my numbers, to be honest. [Read more…]

Categories // The Antigone's Wrath series, The Dreamer's Thread, Voice Work, Writing Tags // Learn, NaNoWriMo, Young Writers Program

YWP/NaNoWrimo – The Half Way Point

11.18.2012 by Starla Huchton // 2 Comments

I’m a few days late on this, but I’ve been playing catch up on NaNoWriMo.

November 15 was the half way mark. I was sitting at just over 20,000 of 50,000 words that day and had to get moving. Thanks to some word sprints and encouraging words from my friends and fellow writers, I pushed through some of the detailed world-building stuff I was working on and knocked out over 10,000 words in about 48 hours. As of this moment I’m sitting at almost 31,000 words. \o/

 

NaNoWriMo Word Count - 18 Nov 2012
NaNoWriMo Word Count – 18 Nov 2012

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Categories // Writing Tags // Learn, NaNoWriMo, Young Writers Program

YWP Status Report – November 2, 2012

11.03.2012 by Starla Huchton // Leave a Comment

READY, SET, WRITE!

We are a GO for NaNoWriMo 2012!

I admit it: we skipped over a lot of the workbook. They kinda got bored of it and I didn’t want to burn them out on that to the detriment of their November stories. I haven’t given up on it completely, but we’re setting it aside in favor of actual story crafting for now.

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Categories // Writing Tags // Learn, NaNoWriMo, Young Writers Program

YWP #4 – Villains

10.30.2012 by Starla Huchton // 1 Comment

I’ve been remiss in posting, so I’m playing a little catch up today. Today’s post will be about the villains the Minions have created for their November novels. We’ve started working on the actual plot sections, but I’m leaving that post for another day.

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Categories // Writing Tags // Learn, NaNoWriMo, Young Writers Program

YWP Day #3

10.18.2012 by Starla Huchton // Leave a Comment

Not a great deal to report today, but some things of interest.

Summary of Pages:

  • Main Character Worksheet (pages 4 through 10)
  • Supporting Character Worksheet (pages 1 through 3)

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Categories // Writing Tags // Learn, NaNoWriMo, Young Writers Program

YWP Day #2

10.17.2012 by Starla Huchton // 1 Comment

Another day, another evening of pre-NaNo prep work with Minions v1.0 and v2.0.

In looking over the workbook pages to come, I saw what the next “assignment” was and instantly cringed. It was going to be too much like homework. While this is fine when you’re working in a school setting, which is what they are designed for, it’s not really ideal for a parent guiding their children through novelling. Since this is a first time through for us as a family, I’m keeping plans loose. It’s a learning process for sure. I don’t want this to be “work” for my girls, in the way that school is, so I’m doing my best to stress that this is fun.

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Categories // Writing Tags // Learn, NaNoWriMo, Young Writers Program

Sharing the Wonderful Misery (YWP Day #1)

10.16.2012 by Starla Huchton // 1 Comment

For those of you that follow me on social media, you know that I like to refer to my children as my Minions. I do my best to train them well, though I am far from an ideal evil genius, but I do what I can.

This month has seen the start of a new training exercise. The experiment may go down in a giant pile of flaming tantrums. Regardless, I push onwards with it.

I have decided to enroll the elder two Minions, v1.0 and v2.0, in the annual struggle of mind over matter that I have been a part of in the past. It is a mighty battle of will over words.

It is called…

National Novel Writing Month. [Read more…]

Categories // Uncategorized Tags // Learn, NaNoWriMo, Young Writers Program

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