Hacking Camp NaNoWriMo. Perhaps you have heard of NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Perhaps, you are not snarky and you have not thought derisively, Oh yeah, 30 days to write a novel, that’ll be real high quality. Camp NaNoWriMo, is lesser known, less glam than big sis, NaNoWriMo. Camp sets her sights on smaller goals, not a brand new novel in thirty days, but half a novel. Less. Billed as “An idyllic writer’s retreat smack-dab in the middle of your crazy life,” Camp NaNoWriMo is a fat target for cynics like me. First off, know this: On June 30th, guaranteed, Your boss will add a gigunda new project to your bulging portfolio. None of that matters. Nifty Features It’s free.
Rules for Virtual Camping Adapt to suit. It Will Cost You. Sleep (1-3 hours per day for 30 days).Volunteering. Want to Go? Sign Up in June; Write in July. Who knows, after two camps, maybe I’ll even sign up for November’s NaNoWriMo, the Barbie version. Plan, Prepare your NaNoWriMo Novel with Evernote - Evernote Blog. At Evernote, we aspire to see you accomplish big things. For authors tackling the annual NaNoWriMo competition kicking off tomorrow, we offer a holistic approach to writing on every step of your literary journey, from researching your ideas to publishing. Learn how Evernote can help you tackle one of the most pivotal plots — researching and planning your novel. Research One of the most important phases of the writing process is the information gathering that occurs before you start to string the words together.
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Download and learn more about Web Clipper >> Plan. NaNoWriMo 2014: Other Ways to Spend November Writing. A day before it begins, NaNoWriMo, the November novel write-a-thon that boasts half a million participants rushing in tandem towards 50,000-word rough drafts, is already giving me a major dose of writerly anxiety. Writers love it, agents supposedly dread it, but one way or another, a lot of writing gets done. I’m anxious because, as enticing as it is to seize my share of the momentum I see gathering online, it’s not a good move for me. With a manuscript or two waiting patiently for my attention, multiple short stories and essays begun or drafted but not yet polished, and my outgoing submittable queue having dwindled down to zero, embarking on a new novel would actually be a form of procrastination.
What I require at this moment as a writer is a National Editing Your Stuff Month (or, you know, a National Editing Your Stuff Year!) Of course, there is no such thing as a national editing month. I have to admit that that sounds liberating. So I’ve decided to try to maximize my NaNoWriMo. The Perks And Perils Of Writing A 50,000 Word Novel In A Month. Ready, set, type! Maksim Kabakou/Shutterstock By Sally O'Reilly, The Open University We live in a culture obsessed with speed: fast-food, Twitter, overnight celebrity, instant make-overs and cutting edge techno-gadgets. We drive too fast, desperate to get ahead literally as well as metaphorically. And when we get home we surf TV, scroll through Facebook, eat, drink and talk on the phone. Apparently, the only thing we want to slow down in the modern world is the ageing process – and it’s no surprise that our solution to that problem is a quick injection of Botox or a lunch-time face-lift.
Far from being an oasis of tranquility, the world of books is not immune to the demands of 24/7 society. As for the wannabe writer, with that brilliant, world-changing novel as yet unwritten, the answer is surely to write one as soon as possible. ‘The first draft is shit anyway’. Up to a point. There are pros and cons of writing under pressure. The tortoise.Andy Butterton/PA. Character Chart. FAVORITES Color: Music: Food: Literature: Expressions: Book: Quote: Expletive(s) (swears): Mode of transportation: HABITS Smokes: What? How often? Drinks: What? How often? Worst bad habit?
Quirks: BACKGROUND Hometown: Type of childhood: First memory: Most important childhood event that still affects him/her: Why? Lower education: Higher education: Booksmart or streetsmart? SELF-PERCEPTION One word character would use to describe self: One paragraph description of how character would describe self: What does character consider best physical characteristic? Immediate goal(s): Long range goal(s): How does character plan to accomplish goal(s)? How character react in a crisis (calm/panic/etc.)? Jewelry? Owns a computer? © (c ) copyright 1990-2011 Rebecca Sinclair ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Authors Note: I worked hard on this. PageFour - Software for writers - novel outliner and tabbed word. Book-in-a-Week. Danguyf: NaNoWriMo counter.