Well, I have to confess that I didn’t think it was possible to write an 85,000 word first draft in eight weeks, including one week of plotting. I mostly have NaNoWriMo to thank for it plus a bunch of books about writing, a truckload of great novels I’ve read, a writing course or two, and many hours at the keyboard. Nevertheless, I’m surprised.
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Trying to decide if you should participate in National Novel Writing Month? Use could try to use this handy flow chart. Celebrating NaNoWriMo, haiku-style! I don’t intentionally sit down to write what Anne Lamott would call the “shitty first draft”, but it’s happening anyway, and it’s really not my style. It’s an experiment. How to finish a novel in a simple to understand diagram. The NaNoWriMo Venn Diagram shows how it all comes together. NaNoWriMo gets the first draft on a roll but it also has some side benefits that I hadn’t considered. NaNoWriMo ain’t for sissies. Scrivener has become my new most favorite writing and research tool. If you’re on a Mac and you write anything–books, scripts, an article, a research paper, a dissertation, a blog post–then you need to do yourself a favor and check it out. |
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