Pretty much everything and anything you need to know to empower your NaNoWriMo experience.
Specifically, today I’m linking you to a roster of 32 NaNoWriMo tutorials, one for each day of the Big Month, plus a final word (post 32).
NaNoWriMo is beloved by tens of thousands of writers who want a structured and metered guided experience to the completion of a first draft of your novel. But… that said… this process is no different than any other drafting process, including one that consumes a year or more of your time and sweat. By that I mean… if you don’t know what you’re doing – how a novel is conceived, unspooled and polished – chances are your month’s work will, as a best case scenario, give you something to work with (and on) going forward.
Too often, though (when you don’t really know what the professionals know about how to conceive and render a novel that works), you end up with a pile of 50,000 words that don’t really add up to much. Picture the living room of a hoarder from one of those reality shows… that’s what happens to too many writers during the month of November.
Too many writers don’t know what they don’t know.
Too many writers aren’t even aware that there ARE things to know.
And worst of all, too many writers reject that there are principles and best practices available, even to brand new writers, in the mistaken belief that the only way to get to the other side is to discover all by yourself, making it all up as you go along.
Here’s the 101 on what you need to know to make your NaNoWriMo a true investment (time only; this is totally free information) of your time and passion and dreams.
Click Here for the menu of links. After the initial three other general posts on this topic, the daily tutorials show on this list in reverse order (by day, descending from Day 32).
Feel free to use the comments here to ask anything you need in the way of clarification, or a deeper dive, or simple offer your thoughts.
May your NaNoWriMo take you one giant leap forward toward your writing dream.
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