{"id":11175,"date":"2015-11-02T18:04:18","date_gmt":"2015-11-02T23:04:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175"},"modified":"2015-11-02T18:04:18","modified_gmt":"2015-11-02T23:04:18","slug":"will-you-succeed-at-nanowrimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175","title":{"rendered":"Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/frazzled-writer.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-11163 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/frazzled-writer.png\" alt=\"succeed\" width=\"167\" height=\"246\" \/><\/a>Do you have the desire, discipline, story to tell and most importantly, the motivation to succeed?<\/p>\n<p>If you can check all those boxes, then you&#8217;ll have a successful month of NaNoWriMo-ing.<\/p>\n<p>But how to you manage when you work full-time, be a domestic Goddess when you&#8217;re not holding down your day job?<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not easy but it can be done. I&#8217;ve not figured out a winning\/working formula yet but in time I will.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing I know is, after working on a computer for 8 hours a day, trying to spend a few hours writing at the end of the day, doesn&#8217;t work well.<\/p>\n<p>So, since I have a laptop, I take it to work with me and grab a few minutes on my lunch hour. Today I managed about 45 minutes writing time and cranked out 552 words and before the end of the day, sketched out &#8216;what happens next&#8217;. That will make tomorrow&#8217;s work much easier.<\/p>\n<p>I subscribe to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nownovel.com\/blog\/stay-motivated-for-nanowrimo\/\" target=\"_blank\">nownovel.com <\/a> website and there are some excellent tips there to keep you motivated for the month of November.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers and happy writing! Wishing my fellow #NaNoWriMo-ers success this month!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you have the desire, discipline, story to tell and most importantly, the motivation to succeed? If you can check all those boxes, then you&#8217;ll have a successful month of NaNoWriMo-ing. But how to you manage when you work full-time, be a domestic Goddess when you&#8217;re not holding down your day job? It&#8217;s not easy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo?<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,22],"tags":[955,120],"class_list":["post-11175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nanowrimo","category-writing","tag-nanowrimo","tag-writing-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo? - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In order to succeed at NaNoWriMo, you need to have desire, discipline and motivation. Do you have these key ingredients? And a story to tell?\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo? - Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In order to succeed at NaNoWriMo, you need to have desire, discipline and motivation. Do you have these key ingredients? And a story to tell?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Celtic Connexions\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-02T23:04:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/frazzled-writer.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Melanie\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\"},\"headline\":\"Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo?\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-02T23:04:18+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175\"},\"wordCount\":197,\"commentCount\":2,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/frazzled-writer.png\",\"keywords\":[\"NaNoWriMo\",\"writing\"],\"articleSection\":[\"NaNoWriMo\",\"Writing\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175\",\"name\":\"Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo? - Celtic Connexions\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/frazzled-writer.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-02T23:04:18+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\"},\"description\":\"In order to succeed at NaNoWriMo, you need to have desire, discipline and motivation. Do you have these key ingredients? And a story to tell?\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/frazzled-writer.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2015\\\/10\\\/frazzled-writer.png\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?p=11175#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo?\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/\",\"name\":\"Celtic Connexions\",\"description\":\"My Scottish roots and writing by Melanie Robertson-King\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612\",\"name\":\"Melanie\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Melanie\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/melanierobertson-king.com\\\/wp02\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo? - Celtic Connexions","description":"In order to succeed at NaNoWriMo, you need to have desire, discipline and motivation. Do you have these key ingredients? And a story to tell?","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo? - Celtic Connexions","og_description":"In order to succeed at NaNoWriMo, you need to have desire, discipline and motivation. Do you have these key ingredients? And a story to tell?","og_url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175","og_site_name":"Celtic Connexions","article_published_time":"2015-11-02T23:04:18+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/frazzled-writer.png","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Melanie","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Melanie","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175"},"author":{"name":"Melanie","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#\/schema\/person\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612"},"headline":"Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo?","datePublished":"2015-11-02T23:04:18+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175"},"wordCount":197,"commentCount":2,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/frazzled-writer.png","keywords":["NaNoWriMo","writing"],"articleSection":["NaNoWriMo","Writing"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175","url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175","name":"Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo? - Celtic Connexions","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/frazzled-writer.png","datePublished":"2015-11-02T23:04:18+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#\/schema\/person\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612"},"description":"In order to succeed at NaNoWriMo, you need to have desire, discipline and motivation. Do you have these key ingredients? And a story to tell?","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/frazzled-writer.png","contentUrl":"http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/frazzled-writer.png"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=11175#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Will YOU succeed at #NaNoWriMo?"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#website","url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/","name":"Celtic Connexions","description":"My Scottish roots and writing by Melanie Robertson-King","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/#\/schema\/person\/fc1dc45dd87a15ec9c0044a4fe9cd612","name":"Melanie","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/ac3ad22152d09e4a7bd2cb3bae125e6661ce011f61dfc62b8aaa5f8f911edff9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Melanie"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.melanierobertson-king.com"],"url":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?author=2"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2NmRa-2Uf","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11175"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11178,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11175\/revisions\/11178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}