Tag: nanowrimo

  • All Wrote Out

    Nanowrimo finished on Monday (national novel writing month), so I’ve been taking a break from writing out of sheer creative exhaustion! The challenge was to write 50000 words in a month. The idea being that when you’ve got 50000 words, you have the bones at least of your novel. Most people feel they have a…

  • Nanowrimo Update – 1 Week To Go

    Well, there’s only a week to go until November is over and I’ll either be a Nanowrimo winner (having written 50000 words) or loser (having written less). Of course, whether I win or lose, I will still have learnt some incredilbe things about the process of writing a novel – among which is the need…

  • A Relaxed Attitude to Goals

    Over the weekend, I signed up for NaNoWriMo – the National Novel Writing Month. The idea is that you write a 50000 word novel in a month. What caught my attention was the ‘rule’ that you just write, you just get on with it, you don’t edit or start again or stop or take time…