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NaNoWriMo is on! And it's Day 7 and I'm already behind -- as always. I'm finding writing to be a bit different this year -- I'm really looking at this book as something that I would like to edit and then publish so I want to get as much correct in my first draft as I can. I'm marking spots where I need to do more research with (TK) and I'll have to go back and do that research when it's over. 

I'm not really a fast writer. I like to think about what I'm doing, what I'm saying, feeling, etc. I take breaks because I have to for my brain not to just decide it doesn't want to write anymore. 

So I kinda have to trick my brain into thinking it's not really writing but it's editing because editing, I can do. And if it's interesting, it's that much better. 

My trick is to write the bare bones of a sketch and then go back and fill in the details. That's when I start noticing things like the Native American ashtray on the table (well, it's _supposed_ to be Native American anyway). I have to write the dialogue of a conversation before the characters usually let me know what they're doing or even wearing. 

So that's how I write fiction. And then I'll stop and play around with something else for a while and go back to the story later, sometimes not until the next day. 

<center> **How do _YOU_ write fiction?** </center>

P.S. I know a lot of you wanted to read my NaNo novel while I was writing it, but that's not going to happen. I'm not going to publish it on the Steem blockchain -- I'd rather save it and be able to either market it around to traditional publishers or publish it myself. 

HOWEVER...

I _would_ be happy to allow ONE individual to read it as I continue. 

For this small contest, I'd like you to upvote this post if you're interested as well as leave a comment. This coming Friday, I will choose who I'll be willing to let read my story as it goes on.

I'd love to say send me some STEEM, like 1 STEEM, but I'll leave that open. I'm willing to be bought off. LOL ;)

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