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Break Through the NaNoWriMo Brick Wall with this Super Simple Technique

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Break Through the NaNoWriMo Brick Wall with this Super Simple Technique | www.sprintshack.wordpress.comEvery NaNoWriMo journey has its ups and downs, and one of the hardest downs to overcome is the Brick Wall, also known as Writer’s Block or, to anyone experiencing it, Despair.

It’s a common problem around this point every NaNoWriMo. You’ve been going full steam ahead with your work-in-progress all month and now you’re beginning to run out of said steam. You don’t know where to go from here. Maybe your story’s turned stagnant, your characters aren’t cooperating, or your interest in your project is idling. Whatever your problem, you’ve hit a mental brick wall and you need to get past it fast if you want to win NaNoWriMo.

I had this exact problem during Camp NaNoWriMo in 2012. I’d lost interest in my novel, I had zero motivation to write, and midnight was fast approaching. What did I do? I opened up a blank document, set a timer for…

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About The Owl Lady

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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