I love fantasy books, and I love adventure so, put those two genres together, and I get very excited! I was, therefore, delighted when I was offered the opportunity to review this book. The author sent me a copy in exchange for an honest review. The book can be purchased here. Summary Matthew is an average boy who doesn't realise his father is the Blademaster, a title given to one person capable of wielding the sword of the elements. This sword can metamorphosise, depending on what the Blademaster needs. The sword of wind can creating tornados, while the sword of water can manipulate (you guessed it!) water. When Matthew's father goes missing, and is presumed dead, Matthew is given a special book that can transport him to his father's native world. There, he finds out that he is the new Blademaster and begins a quest to seek out the evil Black Knights and hopes to find what happened to his father. Reviewing... The Plot I love stories about parallel worlds, and it's alw...
Sunday 17th November 2019 - Pace of Writing
I obsess over graphs.
I blame my dad – he was a maths teacher.
So it’s perhaps unsurprising that my page of choice on the NaNoWriMo
website is the Stats page. One of the
reasons I’ve fought against doing NaNoWriMo for so long is because I
have an obsessive nature and, when I start on something, I won’t let go until
it’s done. But thanks to a combination
of NaNoWriMo and my obsessive gene, I’ve already completed one novel and I’m
zooming through the second.
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| My NaNoWriMo project stats |
One aspect I’ve really enjoyed is competing in writing
sprints with two of my NaNoWriMo buddies (who are also my sisters!). Being highly competitive, we write for 20
minutes to see who can write the most words.
I always lose. No, I mean ABSOLUTELY
always lose. But it doesn’t matter
because writing sprints have got me past some of the trickiest parts in my
books, just because I want to be writing something.
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| And here's one I made earlier... |
My favourite graph is the one which give you the predicted
line. I like to know what I’m aiming
for, although given that my books average out at 110,000 the 50,000 target
seems a bit tricky. When I’m set a
target, I do everything I can to obtain it – obsessively! But the important part is knowing what pace is best to work at. We’re all individuals, so our
writing pace will be different from one another.
Here are a few things to remember about pacing your writing
(I should probably take my own advice on some of these):
- Set a pace which works for you – if you’re working 9-5 every weekday, chances are you’re not going to be achieving 1667 words every day. But that’s fine! Try and schedule in plenty more write-time over the weekend.
- The line is a guide – don’t be put off if you’re miles below the line. You know your pace, if it’s slow just remember: the tortoise beat the hare!
- Having a buddy DOES help – I was doubtful when I read this on the NaNoWriMo page, but it turns out it’s true. If you’re competitive it’s a driving force; if you’re unsure it’s a good way of getting help and ideas.
- The sky’s the limit, not 50,000 – Whether you’re aiming above or below, pace yourself accordingly. 50,000 words is only a recommendation, you can do as many or as few words as you like!
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