Now Novel member Christine, testimonial via TrustSpot Critiques from other members often make me think about something from a different angle. I like the site because the age range of members is wide and reading and critiquing other people’s work really helps with my own writing. The value of community comes up often in our own reviews as a motivating factor in being a Now Novel member: Holding one another accountable and sharing advice and insights is motivating in itself. There are benefits to doing NaNoWriMo or a writing bootcamp or course beyond how many words you produce.Ī major benefit is connecting with other writers. Once you have that, you don’t need NaNoWriMo rules or targets to kick into gear. Try writing morning pages daily to start each day of the writing challenge with a creative kick. To be able to complete even one of these drafts, though, it so helps to build a writing habit that consists of sitting down and getting words on the page regularly. This idea Hedi credited to the late author and writing educator Anne Schuster. A ‘down draft’ for getting your ideas down, an ‘up draft’ for picking up on nuance and anything big you missed, and a ‘dental draft’ for polishing your language. In a Now Novel Q&A on story planning, writing coach Hedi Lampert spoke about how there are at least three drafts worth doing for a story. If you’re racing to meet targets, maybe not the first draft (though first drafts rarely are). Will fiction you write during NaNoWriMo be publishable? So what are some of the benefits of doing a writing challenge like NaNoWriMo, or your own, edited version that strikes a balance between just getting the story down on paper and taking your time? Grimes acknowledges exactly this when she says:ĭoing it was magical for me, because once I knew I could write a novel, I knew I could learn to write one well. Shaunta Grimes, ‘Why I Don’t NaNoWriMo Anymore’, Medium, May 22 2019.Ī counter to this is you can view NaNoWriMo as a step in what is ultimately your process. In fact, it took me longer to make that first book readable because I rushed it out. But here’s something that I guess someone ought to tell you: You might finish your first draft this November, but it takes a lot longer than that to produce a work of fiction that’s fit for public consumption. It’s like this shining beacon that promises all of the good stuff now. Grimes says something very true about the payoff of gradual (versus instant) gratification: Shaunta Grimes, for example, in a popular Medium article titled ‘Why I Don’t NaNoWriMo Anymore’ advocates slowing things down if you want to build a sustainable writing career. Some authors are on the fence about NaNoWriMo. What are the benefits of doing NaNoWriMo? This equates to a doable average of 1667 words per day. So whether you kickstart a novel from scratch or refine and extend first chapters, the main thing is to write 50,000 words in one month. Heather Dudley, ‘Welcome to Rules & Regs! What ARE the rules, anyway?’, NaNoWriMo forum. – Write more than one word repeated 50,000 times. Apart from those citations mentioned two bullet-points up. If you consider the book you’re writing a novel, we consider it a novel too! We define a novel as a lengthy work of fiction. None of your own previously written prose can be included in your NaNoWriMo draft (though outlines, character sketches, and research are all fine, as are citations from other people’s works). – Only count words written during November. Traditionally, this had to be on a new novel now, we allow you to continue existing works. – Write a 50,000-word (or longer!) novel, between November 1 and November 30. Heather Dudley supplied rules in the official NaNoWriMo forum which are (as of May 2019): Learn more about NaNoWrimo’s rules, plus reasons to try and reach 1667 words a day (or whatever you can manage to write realistically!): What are NaNoWriMo’s rules? 8 reasons to do NaNoWrimo and other writing bootcamps: … to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds - on and off the page. Annual participants have grown from 21 in its first year to 427,653 writers participating in 2021. This may form the first rough draft of a manuscript, or process work towards a draft.įounded by writer Chris Baty ‘accidentally’ in 1999, NaNoWriMo is 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. National Novel Writing Month (or NaNoWriMo for short) is an annual write-a-thon that takes place in November each year.ĭuring the event, writers around the world attempt to write 50, 000 words of fiction between the 1st and 30th of November. What is NaNoWriMo? Why take part? What are the rules? Learn about this annual write-a-thon and why writing a book in a month (or making a good start) is worth doing in November: What is NaNoWriMo?
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