6 Good Habits For NaNoWriMo Success Set a daily goal! I keep a spreadsheet that adjusts my daily goal based on my progress. Try and set a goal buffer. Emergencies always come up, but if you are ahead on your word count it won’t be as stressful. Set aside time, seriously you will never have … Read more
Less than a week to go! 5 little hacks to increase your word numbers. Always write full contractions. Don’t = do not. Can’t = can not. I’ll = I will. You will be amazed how often contractions pop up in your writing and this doubles the word count! Every time your scene shifts, write a … Read more
Now that you have figured out what type of story you want to write, how much prep should you do? This year my novel is loosely based on a real life person, a woman in the Spanish War who lost her fiancee and became a bandit. My heroine lives in a fantasy world but there … Read more
What to write about… They say to write about what you know. Since my favorite genres are Science Fiction and Fantasy, that is what I usually choose to write. Really, the choice is up to you. Just make sure that you will have enough material to complete 10K words. At least with the fiction genres … Read more
On writing tools…. One NaNoWriMo years ago, I went to a group write-in and saw someone lugging around a really awesome old keyed typewriter as their tool of preference for writing. Awesomely cool, but heavy. A few like to hand write their novels, and then scan their notes in to get their final count. But … Read more
The goal of NaNoWriMo is 10K words in the month of November. This is a solid but manageable task. So this is a good time to start gathering the support of family and friends. Not only does this hold you accountable but you get your very own cheer team and people will understand when you … Read more
Twelve more days until National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)!! If you are unfamiliar with the program, you can check out their site, but the basic idea is to just let the words flow to the count of 10,000 in the month of November. You get to hang out with a bunch of cool people, work … Read more