ORGANIZE, WRITE, & BREATHE!

Okay, so November have arrived. The challenges are in full swing. PiBoIdMo! NaNoWriMo! Thanksgiving! Family wants! Family needs! Family drama! And the fifty more challenges that will guide your writing career. (Yes, we do not want to forget those.) So how do you keep yourself from getting overwhelmed? The answer is simple. ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE! ORGANIZE!

If we do some simple pre-planning strategies, we can limit the frustrations and cruise through the month of November like a sailboat on a calm sea. Here are some tips.

PiBoIdMo ~ Picture Book Idea Month

CALENDAR

•  PiBoIdMo - Get a calendar and jot down your ideas for PiBoIdMo. Write a title, character description, plot synopsis, setting, theme, or any detail that will enable you to draft a manuscript.  jot down the word
• NaNoWriMo  - Use a calendar to track word-count progress. For instance, if you add 1667-words for the day, add it to the previous day word-count. So according to NaNo standards, you should have 11, 669-words to date.
• So sit in a quiet place (Mine is the laundry room. No one does laundry during the week.) WRITE down your idea for PiBo.
• WRITE your new chapter for NaNo.
• WRITE your shopping list for Thanksgiving.

FAMILY

• Do not forget to take care of your family. Plan your writing around them. Make time to question their day.
• Walk With Them ~ Take a walk in the neighborhood.
• Cook their favorite meals.
• Help with homework, projects, spelling words.
• BREATHE! BREATHE! BREATHE!

In conclusion, simple planning can alleviate the stress that finds us in the month of November. Get that calendar and organize your days and times. Then sit back. Brainstorm. Generate ideas. Write. BREATHE! BREATHE! BREATHE!