This week, we hosted a great tweet chat with our July 2018 Camp...

This week, we hosted a great tweet chat with our July 2018 Camp Counselors! They’ll be around through the next session of Camp NaNoWriMo to dispense real-time words of wisdom and advice as your work on your writing projects. We gathered a few of our favorite pieces of advice from their tweet chat to help you get your writing momentum rolling!

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Quote tweet from @NaNoWriMo: I often have the problem where I start really strong and then fizzle out, and I’d love to hear suggestions for keeping a steadier pace throughout the project. #CampNaNoAdvice

Claire @KannClaire: This happens to me, too. When I begin to lose momentum, I immediately look at my outline because something must have gone wrong. If it’s not exciting to me, it won’t be exciting to anyone else so I adjust my scenes, plot, stakes, etc to get myself back on track #CampNaNoAdvice

Kirstin Chen @kirstin_chen: From my experience, writing a book is overwhelming no matter how many times you’ve done it. I try to focus on one major goal per draft, so if this is a first draft, my goal is: JUST GET TO THE END. There’s so much time to clean things up later! #CampNaNoAdvice

Jessica Strawser @jessicastrawser: The word “momentum” = key. That means keep going. I usually aim for 1,000 words minimum a day when I’m trucking on a project, but ANYTHING you can swing is better than 0. And: Try to stop sessions when you *know* what comes next. Makes it easier to pick back up. #CampNaNoAdvice

Quote tweet from @NaNoWriMo: Counselors, what’s the piece of writing advice you most wish you’d had back when you were starting out? #CampNaNoAdvice

Gloria Chao @gloriacchao: Own your weird!!

Embrace what makes you unique & use it! I used to try to imitate what was out there but didn’t find my voice until I embraced my unique background as an MIT grad, a dentist, a Taiwanese-Am child of immigrant. 

Write the story only you can tell. #CampNaNoAdvice