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3 Reasons I Failed NaNoWriMo – and Why It’s OK
I am a failure. I signed up for NaNoWriMo–again. And again–I failed to make 50,000 words. But I have good reasons. World Building. I did massive work this month on world building. Since I’m writing a science fiction novel, I needed to invent technology, figure out where to locate installations, design the installations to meet…
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3 Reasons to NaNoWriMo
Are you ready to write 50,000 words in one month flat? I am. For the first time, I will be participating in NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. Why this year? Here are 3 good reasons. Timing. My work schedule has some lag time about now and it’s convenient. That is, I want a new…
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9 Tips on Opening Lines & Opening Chapters of Your NaNoWriMo Novel
If you’re doing NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month, you’ll be starting at midnight tonight or first thing in the morning. You’ll be opening your story with a great scene, right? Here are resources for those first lines, opening chapters of your novel. 10 Opening Line Strategies, illustrated with the top 100 opening lines of…
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Situation v. Plot
I am thinking about doing NaNoWriMo this year, joining with thousands of others in trying to write 50,000 words–a novel–during the month of November. You can’t count any words written before November 1, but I know I can’t do this if I don’t work on a plot before the mad rush officially begins. So far,…
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Nail Your Novel
Review of Nail Your Novel by Roz Morris British author and writing teacher Roz Morris has a new book out just in time to help you with that first draft of your new novel. You know, the one you’re going to write in November for National Novel Writing Month, better known as NaNoWriMo. Hiccups in…