With Camp NaNo starting up this Friday, so many of our young writers are going to be balancing ambitious projects with school work, so Jaydon Taylor, a young writer, has some tips and advice to navigate the chaos of school and writing.
Let me be real with you all: School can be a bummer sometimes.
Every day, I try to utilize my imagination and jog down several notes so I can start penning my next big adventure. But I feel like whenever I’m mapping out a plot or beginning the first draft of a great idea I have, schoolwork becomes my biggest hurdle.
That’s why I want to tell you all that there are different ways to balance a chaotic load of schoolwork and take part in something like NaNoWriMo.
First off, I’ve always set goals for myself when working on a novel or script. But usually, the amount of pages I want to complete isn’t what pushes me forward. It’s how I’m able to complete my assignments and manage my time on those before I start working on my personal writing.
