Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Interlude: NaNoWriMo 2007



The first tool I'm using to write my novel is National Novel Writing Month. It's a miracle. Last year, 79,000 people challenged themselves to write 50,000 words in one month in the highly motivating company of each other. I've participated the last two years, and each year I came out of it with a 50K-word draft of a novel.

The rules are these:

1. Sign up to participate on www.nanowrimo.org.
2. Begin writing November 1st.
3. Write 50,000 words before December 1st.
4. Embrace quantity, not quality. Just get those words down.
5. Upload your text to the NaNo word counter and get your count verified by midnight November 30th.
6. Rejoice in your crappy (but written) novel.

You can't imagine the carnival ride of NaNoWriMo until you've been on it.

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