Why Your Words Matter (Writing Workshop Recap)

 

Last weekend I was a wreck of nerves. I’m a NaNoWriMo Municipal Liaison, and I had organized an event for… prospective Wrimos. I was going to talk to them about the writing challenge and why it’d be great if the joined, and also, was going to give them a few pointers about how to start writing their novels.

Easy.

But for a whole week I obsessed about the content I’d give them, perfecting it and rehearsing what I was going to say again and again. I knew I knew my stuff. I know how to write...