This month, I’ll be posting every day for those of you who are thinking of participating in NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month. It’s simple: just write a 50,000-word work in between November 1 and November 30. That’s “just” 1,667 words a day. It’s the most fun you’ll have doing something incredibly hard.
While the numbers fluctuate from year to year, approximately 15% of people who start actually finish. In 2022, the number was 12.5%. If you want to be one of those tennish percent, I’ll help you this month with daily writing tips and stories of my own experiences.
I’ve completed NaNoWriMo every year since 2020, and I’ll be trying again this year. Every year you beat the 50,000 word monster, your profile picture gets another set of leaves added at the bottom. I have four, and this year I’ll be writing away for that fifth laurel. Feel free to look me up as a writing buddy, and I hope to see you there!
Here’s the list of posts for the month of NanOctober:
10-1: A big cheer for what you’re about to get yourself into!
10-2: My first NaNoWriMo experiences
10-5: Wild Idea Weekend 1: three possible novel ideas
10-6: Wild Idea Weekend 2: three possible novel ideas
10-7: A week in and it doesn’t look anything like what you wanted.
10-8: Physical fitness—You’re writing a marathon, after all
10-9: Big stories come from little stories
10-10: Adding a love interest: good idea or horrible?
10-11: You never learn how to write a novel…
10-12: Wild Idea Weekend 3: three possible novel ideas
10-13: Wild Idea Weekend 4: three possible novel ideas
10-14: Approaching the halfway point: Am I normal?
10-15: Beware the ides of November
10-16: Inhale, then exhale: Breathe in the world
10-17: Exhale, then inhale: Take a day off
10-18: Feeling lost? Wander until you’re not
10-19: Wild Idea Weekend 5: three possible novel ideas
10-20: Wild Idea Weekend 6: three possible novel ideas
10-21: Mushing through the middle: Miscellaneous Monday
10-22: Research later, write now
10-23: Chapter titles: yes or no?
10-25: The end is near! Top 10 takeaways
10-26: Wild Idea Weekend 7: three possible novel ideas
10-27: Wild Idea Weekend 8: three possible novel ideas
10-28: When is it done?
10-29: Is it over after 50k?
10-30: Thirty days hath November… what if they weren’t enough?
10-31: You’re prepped, now do it!
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