1 Day until...

[ladyseishou]

One day and some number of hours left until the start of NaNoWriMo, Nano Writers! Are you ready? More than ready? Ready as you'll ever be? We're going to write a novel in 30 days! No worries, right? Right!

Okay, I see you in the back there. Yeah, you! You're shaking your head - you don't think that you're going to be able to do it, do you? Well let me tell you

You can do it! And here's how...

1. Write every day. As much as you can, whenever you can. Get up early, stay up late. Write something even if it's only a sentence or two because something is always better than nothing.
   
   
2. Save everything - delete nothing. Remember that you're writing a first draft, not ready-for-the-reading-public copy. It's pretty much going to be bad and full of typos but that's okay. You will fix everything later.
   
   
3. Trust your protagonist, follow his or her lead. If your character says that it's time to fight some robotic zombie ninjas, bring on the ninjas!
   
   
4. If you get stuck writing the next scene in your story, skip it. Try writing what comes after it or before it. The creative process is not necessarily a linear thing. Write the fun stuff first.

So that's my two cents as they say! How about the rest of you old-timers! What works for you? What advice can you share with our new members?

And speaking of new members... my thanks to denise for her bump in the Dreamwidth weekly update! I am very proud to announce that Nano Writer now has over 500 members!

*waves Hi! to all the new writers*

And because we have so many new members, I would like to take this opportunity to remind everyone once more about how the community will run during November...

Once a day, I'll post a countdown reminder. When this post goes up, please feel free to share your progress with us... your word count for the day, excerpts from your novel, questions... whatever's on your mind. And if you're stuck, blocked or thinking about giving up - speak up! The help (or polite kick of the keister) you need may only be a keystroke and click away.

The only comm rules that I'll expect everyone to observe during November:

• Please be polite.
  
  
• Comment only to the daily post so we don't flood members' mailboxes.

I'm also looking for writing buddies! I'm LadySeishou here and at NaNoWriMo. If you're looking for a buddy or two as well, comment below and let's help each other cross that 50K finish line!


The best of luck to all and one last piece of advice... you know I have to say it... keep writing! See you at the finish line!

Comments

[way2dawn]

Of course :)