by kobowritinglife | Apr 24, 2023 | Blog, KWL Community
You read that right – it’s totally possible to write 500 words (or more) in fifteen minutes. We’re going to outline some techniques for speeding up and improving your writing output, as well as include some advice and insights from other authors who have managed to...
by kobowritinglife | Nov 11, 2022 | Blog, KWL Community, My Writing Life, NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month is in full swing! Here at Kobo Writing Life, we have been hosting weekly writing sprints for one hour at a time so everyone at Kobo who is participating this year can get closer and closer to that coveted word count. Writing sprints are...
by kobowritinglife | Nov 8, 2018 | The Craft of Writing, Tips
By Signe Pike “I’m working on a novel” If you’ve ever uttered these words you are most likely acquainted with the particular horrors of trying to complete a first draft. So many things rear up to challenge a writer in this fragile but crucial stage....
by kobowritinglife | Oct 19, 2018 | Literary Events Around The World, Tips
Adapted from a presentation by Elaine Malit, Big Data Software Engineer at Kobo What IS NaNoWriMo? If you’re new to these parts, you may not have heard of National Novel Writing Month, a global call to action challenging writers to get 50,000 words written over...
by kobowritinglife | Nov 20, 2015 | Self-Publishing, The Craft of Writing, Writer Reads
10 days to go! This week we wanted to know, what have our WriMos been working on, anyways? Mark -28,023. “It’s a horror novel about an old abandoned hippie commune, inspired by a visit to an actual abandoned community that I discovered this past summer not far...