Week three of NaNoWriMo bites the dust, and my word count for week three is 40,434. I’m 10k away from “winning” NaNo, but if I’m being honest, I don’t think my story will be finished at 50,000 words. I have a lot to wrap up so we’ll see what word count I end my story with. This week I wrote like the lovely Sarah Sutton, a YA romance author of eight YA romance books. I’ve known Sarah since 2020 and she is one of my instant buy authors. All that means is whatever she publishes, I will buy it no if’s and’s or but’s; I will buy it! I don’t have to know what it’s about, and it doesn’t have to be a specific trope, I will buy it because none of Sarah’s books have let me down. Sarah’s books are sweet YA romances that are comforting to me.
Now, let’s talk about Sarah’s writing process. She is a plotter. She has a loose outline that she follows but she doesn’t plan out too many major points in the scene. She basically plots out what the key takeaway from the scene is supposed to be and writes from there. She typically writes in chronological order but sometimes she skips ahead then ties the scenes together later. Lastly, Sarah likes to light candles when she writes and she likes to be comfy. I took her suggestions and ran with them. I pulled out my fuzzy socks, my cozy blankets and my favorite candles and wrote! Each morning I would pull out my notepad and plot out the chapters I wanted to write. I plotted out four chapters for the week but only managed to write three of them. I think I would have written the last chapter if I didn’t have a lot of personal stuff going on. Saturday night should have been a high word count night, but instead it was full of procrastination and negativity. I made up for it yesterday though, I wrote 3,113 words to make up for my lost word count. Overall, writing like Sarah was cozy and fun. I thoroughly enjoyed writing underneath a blanket with my feet up while wearing my fuzzy socks. Throughout the week I burned through two of my favorite candles, so it’s time for a restock on those scents. Down below is a link to Sarah Sutton’s books. If you’re a YA romance lover then Sarah is the indie author for you! For week four, I plan to loosely use the outline I wrote for the chapter I didn’t write. I think it will be okay because Sabrina G. uses notes during her writing process; but for the most part she is a pantser. In case you didn’t guess already, week four of NaNoWriMo will be dedicated to the lovely Sabrina G.
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