It's that time of year again. No, not the worrying about having enough candy for Halloween time. And no, not getting ready for Thanksgiving or making those gift lists for Christmas time. It's NaNoWriMo time!
I won't be following the rule of writing a new story or even shooting for 50,000 words. My goal this November is to write every day on my current story, even if it's just 10 minutes a day. (Anything to get this story to its conclusion.) If nothing else, I'll use the NaNoWriMo communities to feed off the energy and enthusiasm of the other writers.
If you are on the fence about participating, give it a shot. It's fun to see if one can write 50,000 words in a month given Life's responsibilities. There are lots of places to look for tips & tricks, pep talks, and tools to get you through the 30 Days and Nights of word sprints and squeezing in 1667 words a day. Here are few of the recent articles that I clicked to find some nuggets of info ...
I won't be following the rule of writing a new story or even shooting for 50,000 words. My goal this November is to write every day on my current story, even if it's just 10 minutes a day. (Anything to get this story to its conclusion.) If nothing else, I'll use the NaNoWriMo communities to feed off the energy and enthusiasm of the other writers.If you are on the fence about participating, give it a shot. It's fun to see if one can write 50,000 words in a month given Life's responsibilities. There are lots of places to look for tips & tricks, pep talks, and tools to get you through the 30 Days and Nights of word sprints and squeezing in 1667 words a day. Here are few of the recent articles that I clicked to find some nuggets of info ...
- From WritersWrite.co.za: Finish That First Draft – Five Fantastic Tips to Keep You Moving Forward
- From one of my favorite writers -- Lynn Viehl (who is participating again this year): Prep Talk and Final Cover & NaNoStuff
- From my Writing Coach -- Christina Katz: Seven Narrative Writing Tips for NaNoWriMo Success
- From Writers Digest -- NaNoWriMo Tips
- Software Sale on Writing Tools from the WritersStore.com
- And of course -- their website: NaNoWriMo.org; on Twitter: @NaNoWordSprints and @NaNoWriMo; on Facebook
Good luck to all the NaNoWriMo writers!
edited to add: my username on NaNoWriMo.org is AnneV in case you wanted to Buddy up on the site.
edited to add: my username on NaNoWriMo.org is AnneV in case you wanted to Buddy up on the site.
