The Pantser Guide to Plantober

November is the national month of writing novels. Starting on November 1st, writers all over the globe start fresh on a new manuscript with the plans of finishing a first draft by the end of November 30th. And by finishing, I mean hitting the 50,000-word mark.

I’m all for setting yourself up for success, and part of that for a lot of writers means planning out their NaNoWriMo novel before