NaNo (No! No! No!) WriMo

I don't do NaNoWriMo. I've watched it since it first started, but didn't jump in until last year. BIG mistake. I am NOT NaNo compliant. It screwed up my whole writing year. No exaggeration. I already had everything I needed to write a novel. I'd done it before. The interference of others during the NaNoWriMo process wrecked it for me. The perfect creative flow established over the previous years jarred into a whole year of chaos.


In a way, this was a good thing. I had a bunch of non-creative stuff to do. The last year has been about the business side of writing: 

• Setting things up for publication 
• Building a kick-ass platform
• Getting smaller pieces of creative work published
• Getting articles published in print media
• Working out a solid business plan for my writing for the long term

 This is all important stuff. The endless obstacles in the way of publishing my first novel are starting to annoy the heck out of me. I like deadlines. I can't fix a reliable deadline on this, and it is beyond frustrating. Every time I'm within an inch of publication, the giant Pigeon of Delay flies overhead and drops something smelly onto my plans. I'm not giving up though. No! No! No! The novel will come out (PLEASE let it come out by Christmas!!!)  


Anyhow... back to NaNoWriMo. It is a great idea - if you're not me - and I plan to support it just as much as ever. Let me know in the comment section if you're taking part, and give me your Twitter name so I can add you to my NaNoWriMo list (the VERY FIRST EVER NaNoWriMo list on Twitter, by the way).

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NaNoWriMo is Go!

I can write two novels at once - why not? I usually hit the tricky middle bit around November anyhow so it might be fun to take a month off and write another novel.

Who's in? If you're an aspiring author - maybe you've written a couple of chapters before but never known the glory of writing 'The End' - have a bash at NaNoWriMo.

Why Write a Novel in November?

National Novel Writing Month (it's now international but they kept the name) means different things to different people. Could you set yourself the task of writing a 50,000 word Novel in November? If so what would it mean for you? For me, it's a writing exercise but for others it might be the chance to get down the first draft of their first novel or break through a psychological barrier about writing speed. Whatever your reason for trying it (and there's no shame in 'failing' as whatever you manage to accomplish over the month is going to be valuable to you)why not give it a bash?

If you want to join in this year, leave a comment here so we can all support each other when the time comes and sign up at www.nanowrimo.org It only takes a few seconds. Next, go to your diary/calendar and write 'start novel today' on 1st November. :)

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