NaNoWriMo—"National Novel-Writing Month," the mad dash where thousands of people around the world try to write 50,000 words of the first draft of a novel in November—is almost upon us. This year, in addition to all the writing, I'm helping (in a small way) to organize local NaNo events in the Stockholm area. This will be interesting, as I'll also have work and class to keep up with as well.
If you've always wanted to write a novel, NaNo is the perfect crash course in getting started. It's also a great way to meet lots of great, geeky people. (NaNo attracts a lot of geeks and nerdy types. I'm not sure why.) And, finally, it's lots of fun. It's a great way to to perk up the cold, dreary month of November.
Some things I have found useful in NaNos past:
100 Questions to Answer Before You Start Writing Your Story
Assorted Generators
World-Building Questions (Fantasy)
Many people like to use Scrivener or Ywriter or some other fancy software, but I don't. The bells and whistles are too distracting for me.
Will you be participating in NaNo? What will you be writing?
Woooo! Good luck!
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DeleteGood luck! I can't participate because of school (yuck), but I'll do a mini Nano, with a 10K goal or something (:
ReplyDeleteYeah! Writing something is better than writing nothing at all!
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