NaNoWriMo was started in July 1999 by Chris Batty and a twenty of his friends. They had unrealistic expectations of life and retirement and suddenly decided they had to write a novel in a month. Because, why not? These are some excerpts from No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Batty a great book about NaNoWriMo and how to get through the month of furious typing and gallons of coffee XD This is how NaNoWriMo started in some of Christ Batty’s own words from the Introduction of No Plot? No Problem! “That love of books, I think, was the saving grace of the whole enterprise. However usuriously we had agreed to take the writing process, we had an absolute reverence for novels themselves, the papery bricks of goodness that, once pried apart, unleashed the most amazing visions in their owners. In books, we’d found magical portals and steadfast companions, witnessed acts of true love and gaped at absolute evil. Books, as much as our friends and parents, had been our early educators, allowing us our first exciting glimpses into life beyond the gates of childhood.” (No Plot? No Problem! By Chris Batty p. 8) “The possibility of starting the month with nada and ending it with a book we’d written -- no matter how bad that book may be -- was irresistible.” (No Plot? No Problem! By Chris Batty p. 9) I found the last Hack Your Writing lesson very helpful in my writing, they talked about needing five things in each of the three sections of your book (the 3 sections of course are the beginning, middle, and end) you need the inciting incident, progressive complications, crisis, climax, and resolution. I did this for my book and it helped immensely. So, since I'm on a free printable spree XD I made a chart type thingamagig that you can download and fill out for your own books using that as a guideline. ~Leggy
Hey all! I found some neat free printables for writers so if you wanna clicker here and check them out and see what all will work for you have at it!
^^^ These are a couple that I thought look particularly helpful, especially for upcoming NaNoWriMo! One quick thing with NaNoWriMo, you aren't supposed to be doing very much and thinking about what you're going to write, or plotting or anything until one week before it starts on November 1. I think it's fine if you kinda have a very vague idea, but you aren't supposed to have every single detail plotted out to the letter ;)
^^^ There are some more...
Here's some more And here's a cool website with a ton of stuff for writers
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I got asked to do the recap this week, so here goes: We started right about on time, but we took a little bit to get settled. Julia popped in to tell us she wasn't feeling good, and put Sabrina in charge before she left. The attendees were: Me, Sabrina, Tiana, Luke, Patrick, Maria 2 (But only for a little while), Maria 1, Clarrissa, Elena, and Michelle, who's appreciation week it was! Sabrina said the prayer, and then we got started on a dialogue prompt from Michelle. We continued on after that to do two more prompts, both of them picture ones. The group broke up a bit late, I think about 15 minutes past our usual stopping point. Announcements: It is now Pippin's Appreciation Week! *breaks into wild applause* Congratulation Maria 1! There's some new stuff on the website! (which looks awesome as always, Sabrina) It's got Maria's theme song, some great Pippin pictures under the notebook, a link to an amazing online editing site, and much more! Check it out! Our new book of the month is coming up! Michelle, you get to pick it out! Just send it to Julia or Sabrina after you choose it. We all need to read the next three sections of the Chapter 2 in the Description and Setting. Our next meeting's dates has not been decided, Julia will send out an e-mail when it is. Thanks ya all, Conrad Patrick aka Gimli: "I thought we made it clear we don't have an abduction policy!" the chair leader of the board said between coughs.
"She wasn't cooperating," The finely dressed man on the other end said. "What did you expect me to do." The chair member went on a string of curses before answering with a cooherent responce. "What am I to tell the board?" "Remind the board, that I have already found 14 of the 17 children." "Thats not good enough!" He bellowed. "There are 17 children out of a billion, thats like trying to find a lost pair of chopsticks in china." Michelle aka Aragorn: “I thought I’d made it clear we had a no abduction policy.” Growled the leader of the small group sitting around the fire. “She wasn’t cooperating! What did you want me to do?” Replied a man sitting next to a large canvas covered bundle. “But what are we going to do with her? We have no place to keep her!” One of the men piped up. “Let’s see her at least.” Grumbled another man as he poked at the fire. The first man swept the canvas away as a plume of smoke rose up from the small dragon, tied to a large rock. Sabrina aka Legolas: “I thought I’d made it clear we have a no abduction policy,” the voice on the phone snarled. “She wasn’t cooperating,” he said defensively. “What did you expect me to do?” The connection buzzed with static from his growl. “Where is she now?” I looked down at the dumpster I was leaning on and smirked, “In a safe place.” “Bring her in,” the voice said. “I’m sure she’ll be anxious to be reunited with her brother,” there was a slight chuckle, “for however short a time.” Hey, Sabrina aka Leggy here. I listened to this short audio segment to check for foul language and inappropriate content. There is one bad word just to warn you, but I thought the rest of the content was good. In this lesson, I'm going to save you months of your life!
I was recently talking with my friend Shawn Coyne, author of The Story Grid, and I asked him how you can know your story is any good before wasting 80,000 words trying to write it. I recorded it, so click here to hear what he said (it's less than 5 minutes long). Enjoy! Tim P.S. Monday is the big day! Several months ago I did a survey asking what you needed help with, and more than anything else, you said you need help getting your writing done. So over the last few months I've put together my new program, The Productive Writer. It's everything you need to organize your life, get your writing done, and move towards your goals of being a full-time writer. I'll tell you all about it on Monday, so stay tuned. See you then! |
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