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Monday, November 9, 2015

NaNoWriMo 2015: What You Need to Know


For writers, this is the highly anticipated month of the year.  We bite our fingernails to stubs, elusively try to rearrange our schedules, and promise—no, threaten—ourselves to be as productive as possible.

It’s NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, and it’s the most wonderful time of the year.  Okay, maybe Christmas is, but November holds a very special value for those who yearn to write a novel or simply tackle a writing project.

Sounds crazy?  It is… a bit.  The truth is if we silence our inner critic, if we truly sit down and ignore the grammatical mistakes, editing faux-pas, and everything telling us that our writing isn’t turning out right, then the 50,000 word mark is actually achievable.  Read author Marissa Meyer’s guest blog to find out how NaNoWriMo inspired her to write, complete, and publish the first book of her Lunar Chronicles series.

NaNoWriMo is a personal challenge that expects you to complete 50,000 words throughout the month of November.

My personal journey with NaNoWriMo began when Danielle Rose first introduced me years ago.  She had participated in the challenge and found it inspirational and productive.  Hesitantly, I checked it out for myself.  Right after saying, NaNo-What-O?  I found myself shouting, sign me up!  And so began a journey that I would repeat yearly.  Although I’ve yet to achieve the full 50,000 word count, I’ve completed a lot more than I would have without NaNoWriMo’s challenge and inspiration. 

The cool thing about NaNoWriMo is that it’s not a solitary venture.  It literally connects every writer from everywhere in the world.  Built to be an interactive and communal effort, participants find an entire platform to network with fellow writers.  This is such an important aspect of NaNoWriMo because connecting with others leads to inspiration, writing critiquing, tips, and best of all—encouragement and accountability.

Entire groups, blogs and social media trends have emerged to facilitate the connection between NaNo participants.  

Mind Key's daily NaNoWriMo Challenge for example, encourages writers to share their daily novel excerpt for others to read and vote on as a motivational tool to help them continue creating.  
 
Tamara Rokicki runs a cozy Facebook Writers Group, which focuses on providing daily writing prompts, inspiration, tips and networking.  She’s also dedicating the month of November to posting regular NaNoWriMo blogs and updates.  Other Mind Key members participating in this year’s NaNoWrimo are Danielle Rose, Sarah Loukos, Kevin Hall, Tara Ann Lesko and Rebecca Godina.

So what are you waiting for?  It’s not too late to sign up and join millions of writers in this amazing challenge.  Happy Writing!



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