Today is October 11th (new Evanescence album release date!) but it's also a good indicator that November is right around the corner. As we all know (or most of us, I hope), NaNoWriMo starts on November 1st, and there's nothing stopping us from charging out and galloping through the novel nonstop until the 31st. So who's going to jump with me?
Prep tips:
- Start brainstorming now. If you don't have a plot on November 1st, you're going to flounder.
- Listen to what they say - write what you know! Whether it's modern fantasy or stylish scifi, adding elements you are comfortable with always makes it fun and easier to write.
- Get into it! If you can, draw pictures of your characters, prepare cover art, design monsters, anything! Or if you can't draw, then write up character profiles. List the name, age, gender, clothes, personality, etc... Do this for the setting too, if you're not comfortable with it.
- Get a partner. If there's someone you know who likes to write, challenge them to join you! It doesn't have to be a competition, but support is always the best prompt when writing a novel. There's always someone to push you along. If you can't find a partner you know, look online, preferably at nanowrimo.org and head to the forums. (Much fun there).
- Let the characters write. This may be my personal form of writing novels, but I find if I just give them the basic outline, they will take the story and just fly with it. I don't even have to do anything - I just write it down as it goes. [i. e. don't outline every word before November 1st].
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