NaNoWriMo is coming!

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) starts in just 2 days.  For the entire month of November, all across the world, writers will be working like mad, tearing their hair out and pushing for a crazy deadline: 50,000 words in 30 days.

I feel like I've spent the entire last month prepping for this. It's a marathon of creative writing!

I've got my story outline, a fun title, some fairly detailed character development for my cast and tons of research on locations and time period.

Now I have tonight to stock up on groceries... high-energy snacks like nuts and seeds, dried fruit, 5hr energy shots... and microwavable quick meals.  This is a marathon, not a sprint, so it requires prep work lol!

For anyone else interested in taking up this challenge, I've compiled a list of some helpful guides/how-tos/tips and tricks kind of thing:

And remember, NaNoWriMo could be any month! The challenge is to write 50,000 words in a single month. Just doing it during November gives you the support of other people doing the same challenge.


Book in a Month: The Fool-Proof System for Writing a Novel in 30 Days

@WriMo: A 30-day Survival Guide for Writers

When Every Month is NaNoWriMo

1,000 Character Writing Prompts: Villains, Heroes and Hams for Scripts, Stories and More

And now for my favorite part of the NaNoWriMo website... the forum where people offer up writing prompts, character ideas, running jokes, motivational and inspirational lines to get you writing. All sorts of things to flesh out or inspire your writing! They've even got a thread suggesting different types of murder...


Don't forget to stock up on supplies!