WRITE NOW NEWSLETTER - OCTOBER 2011
“When writing a novel, that’s pretty much entirely what life turns into. House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day.” - ©Neil Gaiman
Hi Writers:
National Novel Writing Month is only a few weeks away!!! Here is some helpful NaNo preparation information:
YOUR GOAL: To write 50,000 words of fiction* during the 30 days of November. (1667 words per day.)
*Members of the NaNoWriMo group known as the NaNo Rebels write nonfiction and poetry. Willwrite4chocolate is a two-time NaNo Rebel and overall four-time NaNo winner.
FIRST:
- Sign up! Visit: http://www.nanowrimo.org
- “Friend” Nita a.k.a. willwrite4chocolate
HELPFUL BOOKS:
- No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty
(founder of NaNoWriMo)
- NaNo for the New and Insane by Lazette Gifford – (free e-book)
http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/84837 - Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
- Workbook by the same title
- The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing by Evan Marshall
- First Draft in 30 Days by Karen Wiesner
- Story Engineering by Larry Brooks
HELPFUL SOFTWARE and WEBSITES:
- yWriter - http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html (works best on PCs) Free!!!
- Scrivener - http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php (works best on MACS) $45
- The Snowflake Method
http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/art/snowflake.php
I hope you will join me in this crazy literary adventure. If you have some nano tips, I’d love to hear those as well. If you would like, please leave a comment on my blog, BumGlue.
Nita Sweeney
(c)Nita Sweeney, 2011, all rights reserved
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