NaNoWriMo
November 2, 2015
First things first: It's November! Finally!
My debut novel, The Alpha Drive, is available for pre-order on Amazon right now! I would love for you to check it out. If you'd like to pre-order, you can do so by clicking here.
Secondly, it's NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. A beta reader of mine turned me on to NaNoWriMo, and I'm happy to say that I am participating this year! The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words in the month of November. While this sounds daunting, it's perfectly manageable as long as you take it day by day (for you math nerds, that's about 1,667 words per day). I'm using NaNoWriMo to help write the final installment in The Alpha Drive series. Yesterday was the first day, and I wrote 1,699 words. Today is the second day (obviously) and I've written 0 words - but in my defense, it's only 9AM and it's the Monday after Halloween weekend.
My strategy is to write half in the morning and half in the evening (so ~835 words for each session). If I'm feeling it and the creative juices are flowing, then by all means, I'm going to write, write, write until I can't anymore. But I know from personal experience that I work best when I write in semi-sprints. One long writing session for me normally means I end up with a lot of excess, well, junk. And I don't want that!
I'm thinking about filming two videos: one about my strategy for NaNoWriMo going into it as a newbie, and then a Lessons Learned video at the end. What do you guys think? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Until next time...
First things first: It's November! Finally!
My debut novel, The Alpha Drive, is available for pre-order on Amazon right now! I would love for you to check it out. If you'd like to pre-order, you can do so by clicking here.
Secondly, it's NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month. A beta reader of mine turned me on to NaNoWriMo, and I'm happy to say that I am participating this year! The goal of NaNoWriMo is to write 50,000 words in the month of November. While this sounds daunting, it's perfectly manageable as long as you take it day by day (for you math nerds, that's about 1,667 words per day). I'm using NaNoWriMo to help write the final installment in The Alpha Drive series. Yesterday was the first day, and I wrote 1,699 words. Today is the second day (obviously) and I've written 0 words - but in my defense, it's only 9AM and it's the Monday after Halloween weekend.
My strategy is to write half in the morning and half in the evening (so ~835 words for each session). If I'm feeling it and the creative juices are flowing, then by all means, I'm going to write, write, write until I can't anymore. But I know from personal experience that I work best when I write in semi-sprints. One long writing session for me normally means I end up with a lot of excess, well, junk. And I don't want that!
I'm thinking about filming two videos: one about my strategy for NaNoWriMo going into it as a newbie, and then a Lessons Learned video at the end. What do you guys think? I'd love to hear your thoughts!
Until next time...
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