National Novel Writing Month – Page 2

31 October: Current Progress

Happy Halloween! As I gear up for NaNoWriMo with the rest of the UT Writer’s Guild, I’m wrapping up a few of my long-term projects before November. Most of them will start over again in December. I’ve decided to work on a new, as-of-now untitled screenplay project. All I can really tell you is thatContinue reading “31 October: Current Progress”

NaNoWriMo: Support the Office of Letters and Light in 2011

National Novel Writing Month is a 30-day challenge to complete a 50,000-word novel during the month of November. This November, I’ll be participating in NaNoWriMo as a writer and as a facilitator for my campus writing group’s NaNo activities. This year, members of the UT Writer’s Guild will be participating in NaNoWriMo through contests, fundraisers,Continue reading “NaNoWriMo: Support the Office of Letters and Light in 2011”

Your PNP, Part Two: Planning & Outlining

Now that you’ve finished the first part of your Pre-NaNo Plan, you’re feeling confident and prepared for National Novel Writing Month. You know exactly how much time you have to write and you know that you’ll have time to finish your novel. But do you know what you’ll be writing next month? The Pitch YourContinue reading “Your PNP, Part Two: Planning & Outlining”

Your PNP (Pre-NaNo Plan), Part 1

National Novel Writing Month is coming up fast! This annual event, held throughout November and sponsored by California-based nonprofit The Office of Letters and Light, challenges writers of all ages to complete a 50,000 word novel – or 50,000 words of a novel – in 30 days or less. I know what you’re thinking –Continue reading “Your PNP (Pre-NaNo Plan), Part 1”

Writing Tips: Keeping Focused

In the media-filled world we live in now, it’s amazing that anyone manages to get any serious writing work finished. Between sites like Facebook and Twitter, the constant ringing and buzzing of cell phones, and everything else going on, there’s little time to think and breathe – let alone work on that novel. Somehow, I’veContinue reading “Writing Tips: Keeping Focused”