Well, Squiders, it’s that time of year again. We are a mere 13 days from the start of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and all the insanity that that entails. What is NaNoWriMo (asks probably a very few of you)?
What Do I Do Now That Nano’s Over? (And an Update on my Personal Challenge)
It’s the 30th! Time’s up! How’d you do? Well, 50K or not, you now, no doubt, find yourselves with at least part of a novel. Some of it may actually be usable. But what do you do with yourself now that
Nanowrimo: Week Four Tips
Well, my fellow Wrimos, Nano ends next Wednesday. You should be somewhere around 36K to be on track. I can’t say this enough, but DON’T PANIC. If you’re behind, you still have time. A lot of Americans use Thanksgiving weekend
Nanowrimo: Week Three Tips
Oh, November, I feel like you are messing with us. How can it possibly be week three already? Is it really Thanksgiving in a week? I am doomed. But anyway. Week Three. At this point, everyone is, in theory, halfway
Nanowrimo: Week Two Tips
Well, Squiders, we’re about a third of the way through November. How goes your word counts? How goes your motivation? Week Two tends to be a bad week. Your enthusiasm has waned, you start to hit points in your story
My Nanowrimo Challenge
I’ve been swept up in this November insanity for a long time now. This is my ninth year participating. When I first started, I was a junior in college, double majoring in two different engineering degrees, and I would fit
Nanowrimo: Week One Tips
Well, friends, November is upon us. All that planning you did (or didn’t) do during October, all the excitement and the anticipation…and now it’s time to go. Don’t get bogged down in the beginning. We’ve talked about beginnings here in
The Social Aspect of Nanowrimo
Writing, as so many books and other sources like to tell us, is a solitary activity. We think of the “great” writers, holed up in their studies, never seen for days at a time, chain-smoking and drinking their absinthe and
Putting the Pep Back Into Nanowrimo
Continuing our October Nano-prep series, today (tonight, I guess, technically at this point) we will discuss what to do when the initial excitement of doing Nanowrimo begins to ebb. (Don’t worry if you have no idea what I’m talking about.
Nanowrimo Prep and Avoiding Plot Death
Nano looms ever closer, my friends. (Also, it’s my birthday!) I talked last year about Nano Zen and Plot Death — this cheats Nano Zen a bit, but I do think it’s important. It’s hard to experience Plot Death if
