So, after putting down The Shadow Library and getting geared up for the next novel, I’ve also been planning to do NanoWriMo. Initially my plan was to do the 50,000 words NanoWriMo asks of its authors and then write the second half of my story in December.

Utilizing the remaining memories of what December as like last year I deem the chance of writing 50,000 words in December to be minimal. I think I’d be more likely to win a large cash prize of some sort. Or be savaged by a rabid wild boar.

So instead of hitting 50,000 words in November and December, I’m going to start NanoWriMo a month early and start my new novel today. I’m going to try to get a post up every few days to let you all know how it’s going.

I’m fairly sure this means I won’t be eligible to claim a win under NanoWriMo rules, but at the end of two months I’ll have another first draft to play with.

I think it’s worth it.

Still, time was ticking away and July 31st just keeps getting closer. Got to hit that word count! So I skipped ahead a few chapters. Not to the lat scene, but to the last big fight. Just about every book has this, from romance, to sci-fi to most literature. The big bust up at the end, the most interesting bit.

I wrote the hell out of it.

I can’t say it’s any good at all, I’m still too close to it but it was pleasure to write with that intensity, that focus. So my tip for today is, if you feel yourself stalling. Not stopping, but just slowing up, jump ahead to a fight scene. It doesn’t have to full on action, but cut to the conflict.

When the blood starts flying, literally of figuratively, then flow comes rushing back into my writing. Give it a try with yours!