Yessss, here we go!!! Preptober begins now! Be sure to grab your fr3e Preptober planner. Link to sign up is in the description - or if you're on my list check your email!!!
@@mrandisg , Oooh! I never thought about that! 🤯Thanks for your reply! Sending lots of love 💕 from sunny 🌞 Arizona 🌵. Take care of yourself and each other 😷.
Thank you for inviting us, nonwriters! When you said crochet... My wheels started turning to every WIP (work in progress) in my craft closet. And how nice it would be to set aside time every day to get them finished. As my mind was going down the list. I hit the perfect project... My teddy bear quilt! When I first made it, the layers were tied together with little knots all over. Then things started bothering me about it, so I hand quilted the border. Then I started quilting the blocks (15) and I figured out what I wanted to put in the empty blocks. So all the planning is done. Five blocks are done/ten to go. If I start on October 27th that leaves 5 weeks. That's 2 blocks per week. That seems like a pretty heavy goal. And it's difficult to figure the average time for each block as some are more detailed than others. But I think I'll still join and see how many blocks I can get done. Even if I only can get one block a week completed... By the end of November it would be 2/3 done! And if my hands can keep up, it will be finished by Christmas! Checking this quilt off the WIP list will be a great Christmas present to myself! Thank you for giving everyone a place to belong! See you in the sprints! 💕🌞🌵😷
Anyone who has been following you for a while would not think you are an opportunist. You are incredibly generous with sharing what you’ve learned about the writing craft with those of us who are trying to improve our writing. And you do all of this with a beautiful spirit and with the intention of uplifting the writing community. I’m excited to use this lovely planner for The Rough Draft Challenge! I’m shooting for Sapphire! ❤
I have been searching for a community like this for such a long time. I'm so glad to have found HB and have a place to meet fellow writers and I am extraordinarily excited for this rough draft challenge!
A one hour video from Sarra. This is a dream come true. My drink and snack are already in hand.❤ I'm also doing diamond tier. I want to write 1500 mins in November
the sprint calculator has been the best tool for me these past few years. i used to get so upset aiming for 50,000 and didn't make it. (which I surprisingly did last year so yay!) but this way of doing things really does make you see your realistic goal. and you can plan for it, instead of like me before this of being so upset and thinking I was a failure for not making 50,000... and this community with Sarra leading the charge has made me also realize that theres nothing wrong with what you can do or can't do as well as taking pride in what you do and as long as your putting your best self forward thats what matters and what you should be proud of. And this completely changed how I see and do things in life in the best way possible :) I'm just so so grateful and inspired !!!💜🖤💜🖤
I have signed up to join like a million writing groups on FB and I have left them all except this one. You ladies are the nicest people, the group is so well managed, so much great and helpful information. I’m so grateful. Haters be gone! 😊❤
Here's a light bulb moment for me... I was listening whilst making lunch and you were going down the list of self care items. Comfy chair, support pillow, foot rest, meal plan, thermos for my water, caddy so I can move about, snacks, rewards, daily chocolates, cozy socks... After the long list, I thought: why don't we do all that for ourselves every day? Why am I sitting in that old chair that the cushion has gone flat and wheels hardly turn. Why are all the pretty pillows on the sofa, when I really need one in my desk chair! Why don't I have pretty highlighters instead of the standard yellow? Why don't we schedule more rest periods in our day and actually use them for resting? This is something I'm going to look closely at and revamp my Q4. Thanks! 💕🌞🌵😷
I'm super excited for this challenge; I also really love you added the diamond tier. My initial goal was 10,000 words / writing a short story, which I was hoping to eventually turn into a graphic novel. With the diamond tier I will probably set goals to start drafting and sketching :)
Thank you so much for creating this! I'm more of a pants-er but I've always respected the outlining process. I thought it was a bit funny that you said you were jealous of pants-ers, but I'm jealous of outliners!! 😂I've always loved to write, and I'm determined to finish and self publish someday (hopefully sooner than later) and your Rough Draft Challenge is a great start and motivator for me to pick back up my hobby. I'm a scientist, working in a lab, who had long gotten away from my creative hobbies (I've missed them so much) so thank you for this! Especially since creating a planner like this and making it free is something that you certainly didn't have to do, but making it accessible and open for everyone to be able to participate is truly wonderful. 💜
I'm always shocked when you mention you have haters. You are the most generous creator I know, always giving us free resources! It's a joy to be in your community, and part of your journey ❤ I'm excited for VS and Spooky season 🎃👻🧹
I was going to say this, too. Calling her an opportunist is the craziest thing I've ever heard! Like seriously?! She's taking time out of her crazy-busy days to make these workbooks and resources and GIVE THEM AWAY. "Opportunist" implies that she's expecting to profit from this. The only profit I see her making is maybe selling her books--but she's a SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR. Duh! Like what the actual...anyway, yeah, I was shocked too. And it pissed me off. Maybe they're just jealous of her success, who knows.
Same. Indifference yeah but hate? For what? 😂 Anyway, I really like your detailed instructions and need less details. I will certainly not use it. I am a panser, yet methodological so I do need some structure in case I am stuck.
I just wanted to say Thank You Sarra for everything you do! You are always positive and inspiring! You do wonderful work to help us writers keep writing! Keep doing what you are doing! 👏 🙌 ❤️
Maybe Citrine can be an acknowledgement for showing up and putting yourself out there. This is genuinely a hurdle for me. I get in my own way, mostly with self doubt, all of the time. I know it's a little "participation trophy" but I respond well to nudges.
I am so excited for this! NaNo is great but stressful. The Rough Draft challenge seems much more accessible and positive to participate in. Thank you for taking a less than awesome situation and making something really beautiful❤
You had me at support your executive function! Haha! Yesssss!! I'm so excited to participate in this challenge, Sarra. Thank you for creating this great program and planner!
I just realized that I am more of a planner than a writer and a artist because when I plan I am more motivated to do more productive activities, I am more organized and my life is put together and I get my tasks and duties completed right away. Writing down a list or making lists is my way to plan every month of the year we are on❤😊 thank you for sharing ❤️
I was so sad to hear about nano because my writing has really fallen off since I did it in 2023. Thank you for this! I love the idea of being able to do this more than just in November!
I would bet a million dollars that people whining about you being "opportunistic" have never gone to the effort to put together such a helpful, inclusive, and FREE planner, website, community in their life. I'm sorry sucky people are dumping their trash on you. You don't deserve it. Thank you for everything you have done.
I have never participated in NaNo in Nov. but wanted to this year. However, I am writing a children’s book. 50,000 words isn’t something I need, so I am thrilled to be a part of your Rough Draft Challenge. 10,000 words is PERFECT for me. I am very excited to do this with you all. I feel I can get a lot of support here being a new author. 🎉 I thought maybe after I reach my 10,000 words, I might buy myself a simple emerald ring!
This is so lovely, you made the diamond tier to be any challenge other than writing, I'm gonna do that one to organize my working space cause is a mess!
This video made me so excited for the November Rough Draft challenge! And it was sooo encouraging that it left me with a big smile. Thanks for putting this together and being such a light :)
Thank you! This feels really uplifting! In everyday life of a working mother of 2 I find that without planning there is no chance to even get started! I am going to edit and partially rewrite a book I started last nanowrimo and I am excited to dive back in! This year I have a supercool extra-time for writing: instead of working full time, I have requested my work down to 30h/week during Rough Draft Challenge 🤩
IM SO EXCITED!!!! Thank you for everything you’ve done for this. Because if you I started NANOWRIMO, so I’m excited to be a part of the Rough Draft Challenge!!! ❤
I'm really excited about all the new challenges out there! I'm hoping to participate in both the Rough Draft Challenge and Kate's 100k in Q4 by doing 50k in Nov for RDC and then 25k in Oct and 25k in Dec for a 100 total. Just printed some pages from the workbook and excited to start filling them in - thank you!!
Completely new to this community, and so happy to have found it & you, Sarra. Thank you for sharing your insights and passion for writing - and planning! Both are hitting home in a big way at the moment. :)
This should really help me get through that final stretch in my current WIP. Let's git-r-dun! I'm going with Diamond since I am not totally sure how many words I need still, story *feels* like it'a about 2/3-ish done even following my plot plan.
Absolutely love the Diamond tier. I'm going to use it as a "edit XX chapters" of my draft. Thank you as always for this resource Sarra. Thanks for your time and creative energy for this community!
Sarra, thank you so much for doing this! I received the email with the link yesterday and I was like YASSS it's here! Excited to participate in the journey with you 💜
So excited about this! Love the gemstone levels and the planner looks great. I printed it out last night and can't wait to cut it down to size. I'm trying to decide between Sapphire and Diamond because I don't know if I'll be working on my serial only or also drafting book 4 in my series. But I do know that I'll be editing book 3 that month, so I don't want to overcommit. 25k sounds doable until I remember Thanksgiving. That whole week is usually hectic, so I'm debating doing a Diamond at 15k or 20k. Thank you for taking the time to put this all together for us. And thank George, too, please. Can't wait for the website! (Also, I love the idea of doing the Rough Draft Challenge in January. 31 days and what a way to kick off a new year! Just wanted to throw it out there!)
Funny side element: There's a trilogy by a German author which is called Gemstone-Trilogy (in German: Edelstein-Trilogie). The English version is known as Ruby Red Trilogy. And the books are named after gemstones. The 1st Ruby Red (Rubinrot), the 2nd Sapphire Blue (Sapphirblau) and the 3rd Emerald Green (Smaragdgrün). The protagonists are paired up with a ruby and a diamond, a citrine and amythest are also featured. I love that trilogy. 🥰🤣🥰😂
So excited for the Rough Draft Challenge! I'm thinking abou editing my poems and turning them into a zine in the month of November. Aiming for diamond! 💎. Thank you for everything you do for your community; we appreciate you and your kind soul. Best of lucks with the challenge! You can 🙌✨
omg, im a newbie blogger, started just about 2 months ago. Thank you for mentioning other ideas to join this challenge, i will for sure join in and try to batch create new blog posts during november, im so excited!!
I am so stoked about the digital version! Thank you thank you thank you! I think I'm going to be in the diamond tier. Hopefully by November I'll be doing self-edits
Thank you for the planner, you are such an inspiration. I love the daily/weekly planner pages. They would make an amazing yearly planner for writers that would like to make writing a daily practice not just for challenge months, hint hint
I’ll be going for the diamond status! I’ll be writing, but it’s been so long since I’ve written and I’m still in the early stages of figuring out what story I’m writing so I have no idea how many words I’m aiming for, but I want to make getting back into writing a priority so I’ll be going for 2000 minutes this month (averages to a little over an hour a day, realistic/doable but still challenging). I think this’ll be great to get me back into it, so thanks for setting up this new challenge!
My October will be kind of hectic and since I start something brandnew that will take up most of the day later this month, I can't yet know how much energy I have left for a project. My biggest goal for Q4 though is to eat healthier and do some sports. So I might do a step count or weight loss challenge instead. Thanks for all you do, Sarra. You are incredibly generous and kind. I hope that my preptober workbook will become an prepember one.
@@berneserainbow1407 , you might consider the steps & weight loss and work towards sports in Q1 2025. I've been working on a project outside that requires none stop standing. Two hours and I'm wiped out. I'm so surprised! I thought I'd be able to get it all done in a day, after all it's the same work as normal, just standing instead of sitting. Today was the 4th day in a row and I'm feeling it. Hopefully I can finish tomorrow, if not, for sure the next day. Then on to the next project. It's so nice to get out early in the cool hours of the morning after being cooped up all summer here in sunny 🌞 Arizona 🏜️. Take care of yourself and each other 😷.
@@suzisaintjames Thank you for your lovely comment. Yeah, I'm not exactly sure how much energy will be left for sport activities. Might be more of a weekend thing during Q4. I do hope though, that I can walk to (and back) where my project will take place once a week. I'm not sure how long it would actually take to get there, my guess is around 40 min. one way. I think that is a doable distance. I'm already researching recipes and working on a shopping list for eating healthier meals, so one part of my goal is already in progress. Take care. Greetings from Switzerland to the US.
@@suzisaintjames I hope you can finish your project soon and recover quickly. Sending you healing thoughts. Shifting your position can have a bigger impact than we think. I cannot stand for a long time. My feet and back hurt when I do. It gets worse the longer I stand. I have to take breaks when doing household chores because of that. However, I can sit for hours. Sometimes weird how our body works.
I was already feeling anxious about lowering the wordcount, because NaNo did teach us that 50k is the only right number. But then you said ‘If you write 10k and kept your health and your JOY!’ That is the goal isn’t it? Not to burn out on 50k, but to discover and grow your love of writing! Which was the one thing I always felt less and less of as NaNo progressed, because I just could not hit the wordcount. Thank you for this challenge!
I haven’t written at all for years but I’ve been wanting to get back into it and this seems like the perfect motivation! I might do the diamond challenge and make my goal just to write *something* every day!
I love this 😍💜 Thank you Sarra for all you do 😍 I was thinking that I have too much on my plate to continue with my book at the moment, but, with the own goal idea I will use it for my school portfolio. It’s a hard piece of work and time consuming so why not to turn it into a bit of fun 🤩 Thank you :) And good luck all participating 📝
I'm looking forward to The Disappearance of Vanessa Shaw... I wanna read the twelfth book of the demon saga too... I am so glad you started this challenge. I was never able to get anywhere with the NaNoWriMo event. The time I really tried it, I got 25k done, but I also suffered for several weeks after because my hands hurt so bad. It was excruciating and feeling like a failure because I didn't make it. I'm glad there's different levels with your challenge because it means that I can complete the challenge and have fun and not over extending myself at the same time! Anyway, thank you!
Thanks for the awesome Preptober planner! I'm joining in here and also hosting my own challenge, Sit Down and Write Month. I mentioned your challenge in my starting post, encouraging others to check out your challenge too. The more the merrier! I'm STILL working on my first horror novel. Best laid plains for 2024...were not best laid. lol This is going to be fun! 🥳🎉
Yay! It's here! I'm going for sapphire. I am probably handwriting the whole thing, so I paused the video to write two sprints to check which tier I could do, and sapphire seems reasonable. I'm so happy that I don't have to feel bad about the 25k 💙
I am sure I am in the minority but I do prefer the old font. I was having issues reading this font when I printed it out. I also use the digital and I felt it looked a bit scrambled - like my eyes would stack the words. I could be a one off but I wanted to at least mention I prefer the older font to this one. I really appreciate the time that you take in making these planners. I know they can’t be easy to make and they seem quite time-consuming, especially with the links. I appreciate everything that you do and I’m so grateful. I’m really looking forward to the rough draft challenge!!!
Thank you for the feedback! I take it you mean the smaller, main text font? I picked one that's listed on the easy to read lists, but maybe it's still not the right one.
i normally don't do challenges. never participated in namo but i figured i have nothing to lose giving this a shot. and going for the emerald level for 25 days i'll only need to do 400 words a day which i know i can do so why not. So i look forward to the site being up to be able to track myself. LET'S GO.
Yay - will be my first novel so I am so excited. Also, would love to see your set up on your plotting on your discs. Thank you so much for always being so generous for things you create ❤️❤️
I had to check the word opportunist in an english dictionary to see if it has a slightly different meaning here. 🤔 It hasn't.. 😆 If you are a sound person and just watch whatever vid that Sarra has posted through all those years you easily see that Sarra is the perfect opposite from that ... This challenge will be great! And I'm participating just because it's you hosting it! Thank you for all the good work and heart you put into this! 🙏🙏♥️♥️
So glad you went for level names that aren’t rising in importance. I thought some of the suggestions were clever but when you looked at the lower word count the names weren’t as interesting as the bigger counts. If I won the lottery and quit my job I still couldn’t reach 100k 😂
I love what you do for all of us Sarra! It amazes me all the awesome resources you make available to us FOR FREE! How is that opportunistic? I don’t get it. I don’t understand the negativity of folks with small minds. It’s hurtful and unnecessary. Good on you for shaking it off and pushing forward. Adore you! Btw amethyst is my birthstone-I may have to shoot for that…😇
Yay thank you for the suggestion! It was a good one! That particular citrine is my favorite stone I have in my possession is what I meant, which I realize was not clear. It just literally has a calming and powerful feeling for me when I hold it. In general, I think Flourite is my favorite stone.
Yay! I will be working on my dissertation this year! Lots to plan out. Have you read the book 1000 Words? by Jami Attenberg - it was a challenge she started with some other writers to write 1000 words a day. I'm listening to the audiobook and it's really good so far. They do a challenge in the summer of a group writing all at the same time - like NaNo but not in November. :)
I am so excited for this! 🎉 I do want to know, where do you buy the blind boxes from? My local walmart just has the minibrands and they are expensive besides that. 😢
Yes! I'm going to do a limited time signed copy order. I'll send a link in email when it's ready. Otherwise, it will also go up on Barnes & NOble and Amazon for non-signed paperbacks!
Did you mean her book or this workbook/planner? If it's the latter, maybe you can put it on a flash drive and take it somewhere to be printed and bound? Ex: Office Depot/OfficeMax, Staples, etc.
Yessss, here we go!!! Preptober begins now! Be sure to grab your fr3e Preptober planner. Link to sign up is in the description - or if you're on my list check your email!!!
Maybe offer a way for people in the community to donate $ or items for the rewards. I know I definitely would donate to this awesome community
So excited for this Rough Draft Challenge!
@@HeartBreathings Sarra, there's a typo in your pinned comment. 💕🌞🌵😷
@@suzisaintjames That might have been deliberate to appease the RUclips algorithm gods. They go crazy over the weirdest things!
@@mrandisg , Oooh! I never thought about that! 🤯Thanks for your reply! Sending lots of love 💕 from sunny 🌞 Arizona 🌵. Take care of yourself and each other 😷.
Communities are only formed by people who try to form them! So, thank you for taking the initiative. We needed it ❤
Thank you for inviting us, nonwriters! When you said crochet... My wheels started turning to every WIP (work in progress) in my craft closet. And how nice it would be to set aside time every day to get them finished. As my mind was going down the list. I hit the perfect project... My teddy bear quilt! When I first made it, the layers were tied together with little knots all over. Then things started bothering me about it, so I hand quilted the border. Then I started quilting the blocks (15) and I figured out what I wanted to put in the empty blocks. So all the planning is done. Five blocks are done/ten to go. If I start on October 27th that leaves 5 weeks. That's 2 blocks per week. That seems like a pretty heavy goal. And it's difficult to figure the average time for each block as some are more detailed than others. But I think I'll still join and see how many blocks I can get done. Even if I only can get one block a week completed... By the end of November it would be 2/3 done! And if my hands can keep up, it will be finished by Christmas! Checking this quilt off the WIP list will be a great Christmas present to myself! Thank you for giving everyone a place to belong! See you in the sprints! 💕🌞🌵😷
That sounds perfect!!
Anyone who has been following you for a while would not think you are an opportunist. You are incredibly generous with sharing what you’ve learned about the writing craft with those of us who are trying to improve our writing. And you do all of this with a beautiful spirit and with the intention of uplifting the writing community. I’m excited to use this lovely planner for The Rough Draft Challenge! I’m shooting for Sapphire! ❤
Well said! 👏☺️
I have been searching for a community like this for such a long time. I'm so glad to have found HB and have a place to meet fellow writers and I am extraordinarily excited for this rough draft challenge!
A one hour video from Sarra. This is a dream come true. My drink and snack are already in hand.❤ I'm also doing diamond tier. I want to write 1500 mins in November
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the sprint calculator has been the best tool for me these past few years. i used to get so upset aiming for 50,000 and didn't make it. (which I surprisingly did last year so yay!) but this way of doing things really does make you see your realistic goal. and you can plan for it, instead of like me before this of being so upset and thinking I was a failure for not making 50,000... and this community with Sarra leading the charge has made me also realize that theres nothing wrong with what you can do or can't do as well as taking pride in what you do and as long as your putting your best self forward thats what matters and what you should be proud of. And this completely changed how I see and do things in life in the best way possible :) I'm just so so grateful and inspired !!!💜🖤💜🖤
I have signed up to join like a million writing groups on FB and I have left them all except this one. You ladies are the nicest people, the group is so well managed, so much great and helpful information. I’m so grateful. Haters be gone! 😊❤
Here's a light bulb moment for me... I was listening whilst making lunch and you were going down the list of self care items. Comfy chair, support pillow, foot rest, meal plan, thermos for my water, caddy so I can move about, snacks, rewards, daily chocolates, cozy socks... After the long list, I thought: why don't we do all that for ourselves every day? Why am I sitting in that old chair that the cushion has gone flat and wheels hardly turn. Why are all the pretty pillows on the sofa, when I really need one in my desk chair! Why don't I have pretty highlighters instead of the standard yellow? Why don't we schedule more rest periods in our day and actually use them for resting? This is something I'm going to look closely at and revamp my Q4. Thanks! 💕🌞🌵😷
Prayers out to George and your Family!!!
Thank you for making this free!! I get so much more done with your help! I’m on my fifth book in a series.
I'm super excited for this challenge; I also really love you added the diamond tier. My initial goal was 10,000 words / writing a short story, which I was hoping to eventually turn into a graphic novel. With the diamond tier I will probably set goals to start drafting and sketching :)
Love that!
Thank you so much for creating this! I'm more of a pants-er but I've always respected the outlining process. I thought it was a bit funny that you said you were jealous of pants-ers, but I'm jealous of outliners!! 😂I've always loved to write, and I'm determined to finish and self publish someday (hopefully sooner than later) and your Rough Draft Challenge is a great start and motivator for me to pick back up my hobby. I'm a scientist, working in a lab, who had long gotten away from my creative hobbies (I've missed them so much) so thank you for this! Especially since creating a planner like this and making it free is something that you certainly didn't have to do, but making it accessible and open for everyone to be able to participate is truly wonderful. 💜
I'm always shocked when you mention you have haters. You are the most generous creator I know, always giving us free resources! It's a joy to be in your community, and part of your journey ❤ I'm excited for VS and Spooky season 🎃👻🧹
Thank you for your sweet comment! It really means a lot!
I was going to say this, too. Calling her an opportunist is the craziest thing I've ever heard! Like seriously?! She's taking time out of her crazy-busy days to make these workbooks and resources and GIVE THEM AWAY. "Opportunist" implies that she's expecting to profit from this. The only profit I see her making is maybe selling her books--but she's a SELF-PUBLISHED AUTHOR. Duh! Like what the actual...anyway, yeah, I was shocked too. And it pissed me off. Maybe they're just jealous of her success, who knows.
Same. Indifference yeah but hate? For what? 😂
Anyway, I really like your detailed instructions and need less details. I will certainly not use it. I am a panser, yet methodological so I do need some structure in case I am stuck.
Thanks for putting all this work into making things accessible for your community! Lots of Love!!
I just wanted to say Thank You Sarra for everything you do! You are always positive and inspiring! You do wonderful work to help us writers keep writing! Keep doing what you are doing! 👏 🙌 ❤️
I truly value everything you do. I look forward to your Preptober every year. Thank you for existing.
Yay for you on The Disappearance of Vanessa Shaw!🎉🎉🎉
Thank you for putting this together every year💖💖💖
Wow this is so kind of you!!! Thank you!!
Maybe Citrine can be an acknowledgement for showing up and putting yourself out there. This is genuinely a hurdle for me. I get in my own way, mostly with self doubt, all of the time. I know it's a little "participation trophy" but I respond well to nudges.
This is actually a really cool idea!
Ooh I love this idea!!
I’m so happy there will still be a challenge with a community I can join in November! Thank you for all that you do! ✨
I am appalled someone called you an opportunist! I'm excited by this new program and can't wait to get started! Thank you for taking all this on!
Really excited for this❣ Thank you @sarracannon for putting all of this together. You really are my Writing Angel💖💖💖
I am so excited for this! NaNo is great but stressful. The Rough Draft challenge seems much more accessible and positive to participate in. Thank you for taking a less than awesome situation and making something really beautiful❤
You had me at support your executive function! Haha! Yesssss!! I'm so excited to participate in this challenge, Sarra. Thank you for creating this great program and planner!
I love this planner!!! I watch everything and you do not disappoint. I think you are great.
Tysm, Sarra! Coming in clutch with this Preptober planner! 💗
I just realized that I am more of a planner than a writer and a artist because when I plan I am more motivated to do more productive activities, I am more organized and my life is put together and I get my tasks and duties completed right away. Writing down a list or making lists is my way to plan every month of the year we are on❤😊 thank you for sharing ❤️
Thank you so much!!!! I appreciate all the work that goes into this challenge. I love this!!!
Yay🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉! Excited for your book release!
You have something very special here, Sarra. Thanks for all you do! ❤
I was so sad to hear about nano because my writing has really fallen off since I did it in 2023. Thank you for this! I love the idea of being able to do this more than just in November!
You made a digital version!!! That makes me so happy. Thank you so much. You're so kind to do that.
TDofVS comes out the day before my husband's birthday. That's awesome! Congrats!
That's brilliant news! Thank you! 🎉👍🥳👏
I would bet a million dollars that people whining about you being "opportunistic" have never gone to the effort to put together such a helpful, inclusive, and FREE planner, website, community in their life.
I'm sorry sucky people are dumping their trash on you. You don't deserve it. Thank you for everything you have done.
ahh I was just rewatching the plot your novel series from 2018! i love these preptober videos!
I have never participated in NaNo in Nov. but wanted to this year. However, I am writing a children’s book. 50,000 words isn’t something I need, so I am thrilled to be a part of your Rough Draft Challenge. 10,000 words is PERFECT for me. I am very excited to do this with you all. I feel I can get a lot of support here being a new author. 🎉 I thought maybe after I reach my 10,000 words, I might buy myself a simple emerald ring!
Yay! Your planner is gorgeous! I love purple. It's my favorite color.
This is so lovely, you made the diamond tier to be any challenge other than writing, I'm gonna do that one to organize my working space cause is a mess!
This video made me so excited for the November Rough Draft challenge! And it was sooo encouraging that it left me with a big smile. Thanks for putting this together and being such a light :)
Thank you! This feels really uplifting! In everyday life of a working mother of 2 I find that without planning there is no chance to even get started!
I am going to edit and partially rewrite a book I started last nanowrimo and I am excited to dive back in!
This year I have a supercool extra-time for writing: instead of working full time, I have requested my work down to 30h/week during Rough Draft Challenge 🤩
Looking forward to this challenge.
This was super helpful! I love the nuts and bolts approach to prepping for the rough draft challenge!
I've downloaded my copy, I'll be back to this video once I get it printed this weekend!
IM SO EXCITED!!!! Thank you for everything you’ve done for this. Because if you I started NANOWRIMO, so I’m excited to be a part of the Rough Draft Challenge!!! ❤
I'm really excited about all the new challenges out there! I'm hoping to participate in both the Rough Draft Challenge and Kate's 100k in Q4 by doing 50k in Nov for RDC and then 25k in Oct and 25k in Dec for a 100 total. Just printed some pages from the workbook and excited to start filling them in - thank you!!
Yay your book is ready❤🎉.
Completely new to this community, and so happy to have found it & you, Sarra. Thank you for sharing your insights and passion for writing - and planning! Both are hitting home in a big way at the moment. :)
I’m so excited!!!! ❤🎉
I love the digital planner! Thank you for making this for us ❤
I am so excited to get started! You have rekindled my spark! Thank you thank you thank you Sarra! ❤
This should really help me get through that final stretch in my current WIP. Let's git-r-dun! I'm going with Diamond since I am not totally sure how many words I need still, story *feels* like it'a about 2/3-ish done even following my plot plan.
Congrats on the release date! I am also working finishing my book so I will be working hard using this tool! Thank you!
Just bought myself a happy notes notebook as a writing notebook. Def gonna be using some of these pages
I'm not sure I would be writing a new book if it wasn't for following Heartbreathings. I appreciate you and your generosity!
Thank you so much for the different levels!! Looking forward to this challenge!
Absolutely love the Diamond tier. I'm going to use it as a "edit XX chapters" of my draft. Thank you as always for this resource Sarra. Thanks for your time and creative energy for this community!
Sarra, thank you so much for doing this! I received the email with the link yesterday and I was like YASSS it's here! Excited to participate in the journey with you 💜
So excited about this! Love the gemstone levels and the planner looks great. I printed it out last night and can't wait to cut it down to size. I'm trying to decide between Sapphire and Diamond because I don't know if I'll be working on my serial only or also drafting book 4 in my series. But I do know that I'll be editing book 3 that month, so I don't want to overcommit. 25k sounds doable until I remember Thanksgiving. That whole week is usually hectic, so I'm debating doing a Diamond at 15k or 20k. Thank you for taking the time to put this all together for us. And thank George, too, please. Can't wait for the website! (Also, I love the idea of doing the Rough Draft Challenge in January. 31 days and what a way to kick off a new year! Just wanted to throw it out there!)
Funny side element: There's a trilogy by a German author which is called Gemstone-Trilogy (in German: Edelstein-Trilogie). The English version is known as Ruby Red Trilogy. And the books are named after gemstones. The 1st Ruby Red (Rubinrot), the 2nd Sapphire Blue (Sapphirblau) and the 3rd Emerald Green (Smaragdgrün). The protagonists are paired up with a ruby and a diamond, a citrine and amythest are also featured. I love that trilogy. 🥰🤣🥰😂
Oh nice!!!
Yes! I'm so glad it was translated into English!
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Thank you for this wonderful free resource!! I have never done NaNo but I will do this.
I have recently discovered your channel. Thanks so much for making all these resources available.
So excited for the Rough Draft Challenge! I'm thinking abou editing my poems and turning them into a zine in the month of November. Aiming for diamond! 💎. Thank you for everything you do for your community; we appreciate you and your kind soul. Best of lucks with the challenge! You can 🙌✨
omg, im a newbie blogger, started just about 2 months ago. Thank you for mentioning other ideas to join this challenge, i will for sure join in and try to batch create new blog posts during november, im so excited!!
Wooo Hooo YES! Super excited!
Thank you!
I am so stoked about the digital version! Thank you thank you thank you! I think I'm going to be in the diamond tier. Hopefully by November I'll be doing self-edits
Don't forget to mark your calendar to vote. 💕🌞🌵😷
Thank you for the planner, you are such an inspiration. I love the daily/weekly planner pages. They would make an amazing yearly planner for writers that would like to make writing a daily practice not just for challenge months, hint hint
I’ll be going for the diamond status! I’ll be writing, but it’s been so long since I’ve written and I’m still in the early stages of figuring out what story I’m writing so I have no idea how many words I’m aiming for, but I want to make getting back into writing a priority so I’ll be going for 2000 minutes this month (averages to a little over an hour a day, realistic/doable but still challenging). I think this’ll be great to get me back into it, so thanks for setting up this new challenge!
Love the idea of using minutes instead!!
SO excited!!!
My October will be kind of hectic and since I start something brandnew that will take up most of the day later this month, I can't yet know how much energy I have left for a project. My biggest goal for Q4 though is to eat healthier and do some sports. So I might do a step count or weight loss challenge instead.
Thanks for all you do, Sarra. You are incredibly generous and kind. I hope that my preptober workbook will become an prepember one.
@@berneserainbow1407 , you might consider the steps & weight loss and work towards sports in Q1 2025. I've been working on a project outside that requires none stop standing. Two hours and I'm wiped out. I'm so surprised! I thought I'd be able to get it all done in a day, after all it's the same work as normal, just standing instead of sitting. Today was the 4th day in a row and I'm feeling it. Hopefully I can finish tomorrow, if not, for sure the next day. Then on to the next project. It's so nice to get out early in the cool hours of the morning after being cooped up all summer here in sunny 🌞 Arizona 🏜️. Take care of yourself and each other 😷.
@@suzisaintjames Thank you for your lovely comment. Yeah, I'm not exactly sure how much energy will be left for sport activities. Might be more of a weekend thing during Q4. I do hope though, that I can walk to (and back) where my project will take place once a week. I'm not sure how long it would actually take to get there, my guess is around 40 min. one way. I think that is a doable distance.
I'm already researching recipes and working on a shopping list for eating healthier meals, so one part of my goal is already in progress.
Take care. Greetings from Switzerland to the US.
@@suzisaintjames I hope you can finish your project soon and recover quickly. Sending you healing thoughts.
Shifting your position can have a bigger impact than we think. I cannot stand for a long time. My feet and back hurt when I do. It gets worse the longer I stand. I have to take breaks when doing household chores because of that. However, I can sit for hours. Sometimes weird how our body works.
I don't see how you're being an opportunist by providing free resources. Thank you BTW!
I was already feeling anxious about lowering the wordcount, because NaNo did teach us that 50k is the only right number. But then you said ‘If you write 10k and kept your health and your JOY!’ That is the goal isn’t it? Not to burn out on 50k, but to discover and grow your love of writing! Which was the one thing I always felt less and less of as NaNo progressed, because I just could not hit the wordcount. Thank you for this challenge!
Love the font!
Thank you for that feedback!!
I haven’t written at all for years but I’ve been wanting to get back into it and this seems like the perfect motivation! I might do the diamond challenge and make my goal just to write *something* every day!
I love this 😍💜
Thank you Sarra for all you do 😍
I was thinking that I have too much on my plate to continue with my book at the moment, but, with the own goal idea I will use it for my school portfolio. It’s a hard piece of work and time consuming so why not to turn it into a bit of fun 🤩
Thank you :)
And good luck all participating 📝
I'm looking forward to The Disappearance of Vanessa Shaw... I wanna read the twelfth book of the demon saga too... I am so glad you started this challenge. I was never able to get anywhere with the NaNoWriMo event. The time I really tried it, I got 25k done, but I also suffered for several weeks after because my hands hurt so bad. It was excruciating and feeling like a failure because I didn't make it. I'm glad there's different levels with your challenge because it means that I can complete the challenge and have fun and not over extending myself at the same time! Anyway, thank you!
Thanks for the awesome Preptober planner! I'm joining in here and also hosting my own challenge, Sit Down and Write Month. I mentioned your challenge in my starting post, encouraging others to check out your challenge too. The more the merrier! I'm STILL working on my first horror novel. Best laid plains for 2024...were not best laid. lol This is going to be fun! 🥳🎉
Thank you so much for all of this 💜💜💜💜
Yay! It's here!
I'm going for sapphire. I am probably handwriting the whole thing, so I paused the video to write two sprints to check which tier I could do, and sapphire seems reasonable. I'm so happy that I don't have to feel bad about the 25k 💙
I am sure I am in the minority but I do prefer the old font. I was having issues reading this font when I printed it out. I also use the digital and I felt it looked a bit scrambled - like my eyes would stack the words. I could be a one off but I wanted to at least mention I prefer the older font to this one.
I really appreciate the time that you take in making these planners. I know they can’t be easy to make and they seem quite time-consuming, especially with the links. I appreciate everything that you do and I’m so grateful. I’m really looking forward to the rough draft challenge!!!
Thank you for the feedback! I take it you mean the smaller, main text font? I picked one that's listed on the easy to read lists, but maybe it's still not the right one.
i normally don't do challenges. never participated in namo but i figured i have nothing to lose giving this a shot. and going for the emerald level for 25 days i'll only need to do 400 words a day which i know i can do so why not. So i look forward to the site being up to be able to track myself. LET'S GO.
Yay - will be my first novel so I am so excited. Also, would love to see your set up on your plotting on your discs. Thank you so much for always being so generous for things you create ❤️❤️
I'm definitely going to share the full set up of this and my B6!
Great Video! Thank you
I had to check the word opportunist in an english dictionary to see if it has a slightly different meaning here. 🤔 It hasn't.. 😆 If you are a sound person and just watch whatever vid that Sarra has posted through all those years you easily see that Sarra is the perfect opposite from that ... This challenge will be great! And I'm participating just because it's you hosting it! Thank you for all the good work and heart you put into this! 🙏🙏♥️♥️
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So glad you went for level names that aren’t rising in importance. I thought some of the suggestions were clever but when you looked at the lower word count the names weren’t as interesting as the bigger counts. If I won the lottery and quit my job I still couldn’t reach 100k 😂
With the kids being off, my writing time is cut severely 😆😭😆 Workable days are huge 🙌❤️📚🎉
I was thinking of doing a poem challenge. At least 25 k. If I do more fantastic!
I love what you do for all of us Sarra! It amazes me all the awesome resources you make available to us FOR FREE! How is that opportunistic? I don’t get it. I don’t understand the negativity of folks with small minds. It’s hurtful and unnecessary. Good on you for shaking it off and pushing forward. Adore you! Btw amethyst is my birthstone-I may have to shoot for that…😇
Yay! I was a gemstone voter, so glad you picked up this language! Why is Citrine your favorite?
Yay thank you for the suggestion! It was a good one! That particular citrine is my favorite stone I have in my possession is what I meant, which I realize was not clear. It just literally has a calming and powerful feeling for me when I hold it. In general, I think Flourite is my favorite stone.
@@HeartBreathingsFluorite is my favorite too! 🩵💜
Yay! I will be working on my dissertation this year! Lots to plan out. Have you read the book 1000 Words? by Jami Attenberg - it was a challenge she started with some other writers to write 1000 words a day. I'm listening to the audiobook and it's really good so far. They do a challenge in the summer of a group writing all at the same time - like NaNo but not in November. :)
I don't think I've read that! I'll look it up!
I am so excited for this! 🎉 I do want to know, where do you buy the blind boxes from? My local walmart just has the minibrands and they are expensive besides that. 😢
I usually buy them directly from the Tokidoki or Sanrio websites
For November I can only do 35K this year I think would that count for the Diamond tier where you create your own?
What kind of paper did you print on and then punch for the discs?
I use HP Premium Inkjet Paper, 32 lb.
I got the downloadable planner but I can’t write on it.
Can I follow the challenge if I'm writing a pattern book
Yes, definitely! You can do the "Diamond" tier!
@@HeartBreathings ok thank you so much 😁🥰
Nice 👍, can you write romance genre ?
Of course. Whatever you want to write!
can we get a physical copy?
Yes! I'm going to do a limited time signed copy order. I'll send a link in email when it's ready. Otherwise, it will also go up on Barnes & NOble and Amazon for non-signed paperbacks!
Did you mean her book or this workbook/planner? If it's the latter, maybe you can put it on a flash drive and take it somewhere to be printed and bound? Ex: Office Depot/OfficeMax, Staples, etc.