It’s that time of the year, or almost. November. Writing 50,000 words in one month. We cringe at the thought, but have you ever thought how many words you write on your blogs, social media, and just general messing around online? Think about it that way and you would be surprised how books you’ve written. Here’s a way to get focused, bear down, and get it done. WITH SUPPORT.
Here on LWI we’re going to have a page dedicated to NaNoWriMo. There will be inspirational posts you can comment on and receive feedback and support. If you need a pep talk, we’re here for you. Whenever we find something great we’ll share it and it will show under that dedicated page. So you visit here and click the NaNoWriMo tab/page in the menu and there you are. Our resident guru of Indie Authorship suggested we do something. I might be taking it over the top but I shoot for the unknown galaxies and your bound to hit a star somewhere along the way.
To start us off, here is an article from Writer’s Digest by Jessica Strawser. The beginning blurb is below, then click the HERE to go to juicy parts.
“Sometimes it’s a lone writer who’s been putting off a story idea for too long, and decides it’s now or never. Sometimes it’s a pair or a group determined to find out what they can achieve by sharing self-imposed deadlines and strong pots of coffee. Sometimes it’s peer pressure or curiosity about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo.org), that challenge that rallies ever-increasing numbers of writers around the globe every November to band together in pursuit of a 50,000-word “win.”
Book-in-a-month challenges take all forms, fueled by all stripes of writers with all manner of motivations—make the most of that time alone in a borrowed cabin, hunker down for the winter, stop procrastinating, have something ready to pitch at that conference, prove to yourself you can do it, prove to someone else you can do it, get a fresh start—and in this hyperconnected age of 24-hour fingertip resources and networks, of tiny portable keyboards and glow-in-the-dark screens, they’re more popular than ever.”
For the rest of the article and the 30 Tips, click HERE.
ABOUT JESSICA STRAWSER
Editor of Writer’s Digest magazine | debut novel, ALMOST MISSED YOU, coming from @StMartinsPress in 2017 | mother of two | book lover | repped by agent @bpoelle
About the Finder of the Article and a Winner of NaNoWriMo 2014!
Ronovan is an author, blogger and former educator who shares his life as an amnesiac and Chronic Pain sufferer though his blog RonovanWrites.WordPress.com. His love of poetry, authors and community through his online world has lead to a growing Weekly Haiku Challenge and the creation of LitWorldInterviews.WordPress.com, a site dedicated to book reviews, interviews and author resources. For those serious about book reviewing and interested in reviewing for the LWI site, email Ronovan at ronovanwrites (at) gmail (dot) com to begin a dialogue. It may not work out but then again it might.
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My first time with NaNoWriMo. The tips and resource are most awesome. Can’t wait to start.
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I’m on the fence as to if I want to try this for the first time; I’ve considered it before but not tried. I don’t know if I have the time to commit to it but, man, I’ve always wanted to to write a book!
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Go for it. This is a first draft thing. You don’t have to worry about typos, research or all of that. It’s a first draft and keep in mind that first drafts normally stink, but it’s getting your story down that counts. THEN, once it’s over with you start the process of making it great. 50,000 or 1,667 words per day on average. Some days you’ll rock out a ton, some only a few. One thing to remember, never leave your WiP without knowing what you’re going to do next, in other words, don’t write until you are out of ideas for the day. Then when you sit down next time, you’ll be off and going and the characters and story will tell you what to do.
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Thanks for the encouragement, Brother. I think this might be the year to try it 😉
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