Tag: NaNoWriMo
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Coming soon: Nanowritetips!
As October rolls to a close, many of us are gearing up for Nanowrimo. (Nanowrimo: (n.) the month for which your writer friends transform into coffee-crazed, unwashed trolls in efforts to write 1,667 words a day, or 50,000 words of a novel by the end of November.) This year, although I won’t be participating myself, […]
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Forum Friday: What has the Nano experience taught you?
Just one more day of November and the madness that is Nanowrimo! Whether you’ve reached the magic 50,000 or not– whether it’s your first time doing Nano, your twenty-first, or you heard what Nanowrimo was and ran away screaming in terror– with every draft comes experiment, progress, and lessons. So what did you learn? What […]
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Forum Friday: Tricks for writing at a faster pace
This is the second year I’ve done Nanowrimo, and less than half way through the month I realize: hey. 1700 words a day is not anywhere near as hard as it used to be! I asked myself, What have I changed? and What am I doing right? and realized that this– tips for writing at […]
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Forum Friday: Post a recent line of dialogue.
Hey guys! So, I know it’s a bit later than usual (Nanowrimo strikes again), but in the spirit of keeping things quick and interesting I thought I’d throw you another prompt: Post a line of dialogue you wrote recently, and tell us what it’s from. Also, if you’re participating in Nanowrimo and feel your story […]
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Forum Friday: Plot Ninjas
Since today is the start of Nanowrimo, I thought I’d mix things up a little and rather than ask a question, prompt those of you reading this to provide a plot ninja. What is a plot ninja? A plot ninja is a random plot twist. “Protagonist finds a note taped to her refrigerator.” “Antagonist is […]
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NaNoWriMo 101: An Introduction
NaNoWriMo, short for National Novel Writing Month, is a writer’s challenge in which, during the month of November, participants aim to write 50,000 words of a novel. This equates to approximately 1,667 words a day for 30 days. Cactus SPIKE! Did you say 1,667 words a day? Yes. Yes I did. That might seem like […]
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Forum Friday: Do you write in sprints or marathons?
What I mean by that is, Do you power-write in quick bursts (say, 300-500 words in an hour) or are you more likely to stake a place in a café or library for the day and work at a slower but steadier pace? I think this is an especially relevant topic as the ~1,700 word-a-day […]
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Encouragement (& Laughs) for Writers
Happy Friday! This post comes in the midst of National Novel Writing Month, and I don’t know about you guys but as a writer I could really use some encouragement (and a few good laughs) right about now. I have been lagging in word counts almost since the beginning (the goal is to write approximately […]
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How do YOU observe NaNoWriMo?
Happy Friday, fellow writers! This week’s forum is aimed at novelists, or those with aspirations to become one: How do YOU observe NaNoWriMo? National Novel Writing Month is a challenge taken by writers in the US (and the world over) who aim to write a 50,000 word, 175 page novel in the course of thirty […]
Julie Israel 