Saturday, October 29, 2011

NaNoWriMo Ready

  • Story Idea...check
  • Character Summaries...check
  • Outline...check
  • Updated Novel Info...check
  • Added Writing Buddies...check
  • Committed...check, check
I did NaNoWriMo last year. I won. More importantly I discovered that I could push my daily/weekly writing goals more than I was doing pre-November 2010. It also reminded me the pure joy of writing without editing thoughts or concerns.

Just let the story pour out onto paper. Don't worry about spelling mistakes. Don't worry about awkward sentences. Don't worry about anything other than getting the image in your mind into some kind of written form.

The worries of spelling, awkwardness, and pacing can come later. I mean you have the months of post draft to revise and rewrite and perfect the story.

Any of you participating this year? You can look me up here: http://www.nanowrimo.org/en/participants/a-r-norris

2 comments:

  1. I am now having a last minute panic that I have not prepared enough! Oh well, here comes november!
    good luck

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  2. LOL...I'm sure you'll be fine. When it comes down to it, I think all we writers need is our creativity and a computer for NaNo.

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