Considering NaNoWriMo
National Novel Writing Month preparations are beginning in earnest, with the Twitter tag in place (#nanowrimo) and warm-ups being suggested already:
@terrimain #nanowrimo warmup: Set timer for 30 mins. Write a 500 wd story abt something that happened 2 your character 2 yrs b4 the story
Feel tempted? Go ahead and create an account and join the community.
Unfamiliar? NaNoWriMo is a national attempt to write a novel in a month–and month is the month of November. So by November 30th at Midnight, the goal will be to have written 50,000 words (about 175 pages). They don’t have to be good. They don’t have to be edited. The idea is just to get it out–write it out without judgment. According to the organization: “the kamikaze approach forces you to lower your expectations, take risks, and write on the fly.”
Any takers? I’m considering it, if I can get my academic paper submitted to the editor in time. Maybe it will be motivation. Hmm….
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By maggie, October 9, 2009 @ 9:01 am
I love NaNoWriMo! This is huge in the book blogosphere! Good Luck!!!
By Amanda Clay Powers, October 10, 2009 @ 8:34 am
Thanks Maggie! Now all I have to do is finish this paper in front of me, and I’m on it. My roommate and I have been writing a mystery for more than a year and this would be the perfect time to kill it off!
By B, October 14, 2009 @ 12:28 pm
If you’re looking for simple daily prompts, Flashy Fiction posts a new prompt every morning and encourages writers to leave their flash in the comments. The prompt is sometimes a photo, a quote, a list or something completely different. It’s not so much working on a particular story as getting in the habit of writing.
By Amanda Clay Powers, October 14, 2009 @ 1:00 pm
Thanks–I will definitely check that out!