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NANOWRIMO DAY 5 // Genre Revelations & Writing Superpowers

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Channel: Kate Cavanaugh Writes · 2017 · People & Blogs

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We're 1/6 of the way through NaNoWriMo! Today is Day 5 where I focus on the NaNoWriMo theme this year, the struggles of writing a new genre, and what a writing superhero would look like.

NaNo's Superhero Theme: 0:24
What would a writing superhero look like?: 1:00
Word Count Update: 1:42
Genre Weirdness: 1:58
Least Favorite Line I Wrote Today & Words Are Hard: 2:29
Favorite Line I Wrote Today: 3:01
Questions For Youuuu: 3:26

D A Y  5  S T A T S :
Current Word Count: 8,854
Personal Daily Goal: 10,000
NaNoWriMo Daily Goal: 8,333

2 0 1 7  N A N O W R I M O  G O A L S :
· Write 60K words
· Finish my story and type "The End"
· Be as good an ML as I can, foster an awesome group experience, and help grow a year-long writing group in our area
· Post a vlog for each day of NaNoWriMo

Let's be NaNo buddies! :)

L I N K S  M E N T I O N E D :
NaNoWriMo's Double Up Donation Day: https://nanowrimo.org/donation-day

D I S C U S S I O N  Q U E S T I O N S :
How has the first 1/6th of NaNoWriMo been for you?
Are you writing a new genre this year and have you noticed any differences between the genre you usually write?
What writing superpower do you wish you had?
Are there any words that fail you? Do you know my misspelling struggle?

F I N D  M E  O N L I N E :
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CavanaughWrites
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Blog: http://katecavanaugh.co/index.php/blog/
NaNoWriMo: https://nanowrimo.org/participants/writersgonnawrite-2784594

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