OK, book friends, I have a confession: I don’t actually like NaNoWriMo. I mean, don’t get me wrong. The camaraderie, the ‘let’s just DO THIS!’ attitude is great. But banging out 50K+ words in only one month, especially if it’s someone’s first crack at a novel, is pretty much insane. When you do the math, …
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How I Plan My Novels–And Get to the End
Hello, bookish friends! NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is still going strong, but maybe you’re feeling not-so-strong as you’re tying to tackle your writing for the day. Even if you have kickass characters, a cool setting, and some rad ideas in mind, it’s still very possible to start things up, get about 23 pages in, …