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NaNoWriMo: Hopeful or hopeless?

By wqbelle on | From wqebelle.blogspot.com

Start on November 1st and finish on November 30th. 30 days. 50,000 words. On average 1,667 words per day. Some say that represents 1 to 2 hours worth of work each day. Doable? Crazy? Started in 1999 in San Francisco by one Chris Baty and a group of his friends, 21 people participated and six people "won", that is, they managed to write 50,000 words. In 2010, 200,530 people signed up and 37,479 people "won". (see my blog: NaNoWriMo: Write a novel in 1 month? ) NaNoWriMo - Crash Course for...Read Full Story

NaNoWriMo: Are you out of your freakin' mind?

By wqbelle on | From wqebelle.blogspot.com

In light of November 1st and the overwhelming slash nail-biting slash just-what-the-f-am-I-doing start of this 30 day marathon of literary abandon, I thought to wrap up a number of blog postings and references which explain and support this personal (read: self-inflicted) challenge. NaNoWriMo: Write a novel in 1 month? This is it, the original go for broke 30 day trial. Assembly Line Writing Writing in a hurry is stupid? Laughing all the way to the bank? On Writing by Stephen King Penned by...Read Full Story

NaNoWriMo Challenge!

By frootbat31 on | From frootbat31.wordpress.com

For those participating for the National Novel Writing Challenge (the official one), hope you have your fingers warmed up, typing ready, and strength of willpower prepared for this approaching month. Best tips I know for this event: Learn to shut off your inner editor as you write. You can spell check and fix things when you do your editing later. Don’t let an ‘off day’ deter you . You can make up the time. I know of one woman who lost 20,000 midway through and still managed to hit...Read Full Story

NaNoWriMo: My 30, ah, 18 days of writing madness

By wqbelle on | From wqebelle.blogspot.com

First of all, I would give a realistic assessment of churning out fifty thousand words under the guise of having written a novel in two words, "Who cares?" I was going to say "Who gives a rat's ass?" but I wanted to be as succinct as possible. I don't want to rain on anybody's parade - you do deserve credit for having gone the distance - but this blog entry is about me, not you, so let me expound on my experience in this first time in my life exercise in creativity. I started by saying "Who...Read Full Story

NaNoWriMo.3

By ElegantSnobbery on | From tootsiegrace.blogspot.com

(the above image is an art card I bought from OhMandie to keep me motivated to write during NaNoWriMo '08. It still sits on my desk and I look at it every day!) It's that time again. What time? you may be asking yourself. Why it's NaNo-time, of course! Well, NaNo-prep-time, at least. Because in a little less than 2 months (beginning Nov. 1st), National Novel Writing Month will commence! A whole slew of you readers have seen my posts in which I've said, "Hey! I'm writing a book!" and a lot of...Read Full Story

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Nanowrimo: Writing Over the Speed Limit

Nanowrimo is a wonderful thing. It's a great personal challenge. You write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days in the month of November. If you have always wanted to write a novel and you never have, it's perfect. Challenge yourself to write 1700 ...

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National Novel Writing Month: Write a Book, Change Your Life

Amazing, right? But the stories behind the authors' herculean efforts are even more incredible. For many authors, writing their novel meant reclaiming their lives from hectic schedules filled with kids, work and the million excuses that keep us ...

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Heritage students earn the title of 'author' in NaNoWriMo project

Review/Matt Santos Madelyn Bartels puts the final touches on her novel of magical baked goods as she nears the end of her month-long writing experience. She, along with 37 of her HMS classmates, each wrote a 25,000-word novel in the month of November.

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12 Days of Charitable Giving: Office of Letters and Light

? Our eleventh charitable organization is Office of Letters and Light. I?m guessing the name doesn?t ring a bell. But maybe these names will: NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) and Script Frenzy. NaNoWriMo and Script Frenzy are both projects of the Office of Letters and Light, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization based in , California. NaNoWriMo, ...

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Book Review: No Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to...

It’s the brand-new year, two months since the end of the novel-crunching event of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and for all the NaNoWriMo writers participated, it is time to go through post-novel composition mode. For the writers who reached ...

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NaNoWriMo: My 30, ah, 18 days of writing madness

"Writing is a lonely job. Even if a writer socializes regularly, when he gets down to the real business of his life, it is he and his type writer or word processor. No one else is or can be involved in the matter." â€• Isaac Asimov ...

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