Failing again. Failing better.
Today is November 1, so that means that NaNoWriMo begins. The goal is to write 50,000 words of new material in the 30 days of November. That breaks down to 1,667 words per day. The trick is keeping up the pace over weekends, holidays, and other everyday distractions. It’s a month-long writing marathon, and November…
As I originally wrote about here (and updated here and here), I’ve been experimenting with Rachel Aaron’s (Twitter) method for increasing my daily word count. You see, NaNoWriMo requires you to write about 1,500 words per day for 30 consecutive days in order to reach the 50,000 word threshold. But Rachel Aaron has increased her…
Recently I commented that October is a great time to prep for NaNoWriMo. If you think about your story and build a strong outline now, you should have an easier time making your daily word count come November. I’ll probably post something about writing an outline in the near future, but before I get to…
NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month, is right around the corner. Starting November 1, writers around the world will have 30 days to write 50,000 words. On the one hand, that’s a very short novel (too short for some genres in fact), but on the other hand, November is a short month, and (for American…
Prolific fantasy writer Brandon Sanderson (@BrandSanderson) has done aspiring writers a great favor. While you may know Brandon Sanderson as the author of the Mistborn trilogy (now series), THE WAY OF KINGS (the first of a 10-part series) or the author chosen to finish Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series, he also teaches at Brigham…