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Diary OF Being A Writer; Week 86

It’s NaNoWriMo

Emma Sachsse
2 min readNov 5, 2019

Monday

Shit just got real. I only have today free to finish my plotting before NaNoWriMo starts. Unfortunately, I still have not become a twisty plotty genius who has the cleverest cunning crime concocted.
No problem, I am sure something absolutely amazing will come to me today.
I would also like to have a small whinge about the fact that I put money into a Kickstarter in February for the Freewrite Traveller. I had hoped to have it in time for NaNoWriMo so I can go and be annoying in cafes with my clacky keys. It won’t get here in time because of Trump and his Chinese Tariffs and Apple because of reasons.
And now I can’t find my laptop charger. I may have to duh duh da… write by hand.

I smashed the word count again today. And most of it plan and outlines with bits of detail thrown in.
I have a plot. Not a twisty clever-clever one but it is a story. I have a start.

And my friend suggested I hook my phone up to a Bluetooth keyboard, which I already have. Genius.

Wednesday

I lied, I have today as well. Thirty-one days in October so, you know, I have today. I am in a cafe with my fancy Bluetooth keyboard, enjoying a coffee before it gets…

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Emma Sachsse
Emma Sachsse

Written by Emma Sachsse

Writer of Urban Fantasy Series; Bloody Dawn find me at https://www.emmasachsse.com/

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