Let’s talk about NaNoWriMo today. Because lots of people are confused about what it’s for.
NaNoWriMo is not about getting you a novel to sell.
It’s not. . .
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#NaNoWriMo Tip: Reenergize your writing by changing your workspace. Move out of your parents’ basement.
#NaNoWriMo Tip: Rehearse for your imminent book tour by showing up drunk at a Borders and telling everyone “I’m here to sign my books.”
#NaNoWriMo Tip: Add tension by making the gender of your narrator indeterminate. This works for race too. And age. And number of nipples.
#NaNoWriMo Tip: Writing about a brilliant professor who solves 1,000-year-old mysteries? This is for you. Why does my cat puke in my shoes?
#NaNoWriMo tip: “Write about what you know” is good advice, unless you’re OJ Simpson.
#NaNoWriMo Tip: RT @wshspeare Take advantage of the rich tradition of stealing other writers’ ideas and words when you run out of your own.
#NaNoWriMo tip: Use foreshadowing to hint what’s to come. E.g., have the vampire say “I want to suck your blood” before he sucks blood.
#NaNoWriMo tip: Novelists should dress for success just like everyone else. Failing that, novelists should at least dress.
Chris, why do I have the impression you’ve tried #2?
Just so everyone knows, these tips are from the website at the top of the comment, collected from the tweets of Mark Sample at @samplereality.
#NaNoWriMo tip: It reads a lot clearer if you make sure your fingers are on the right keys before you start typing.
Victoria
I am way ahead of the game. I moved out of my parents’ basement at 25.
Yeah, I couldn’t wait to move out the week before I turned 18. I came back for a year when I was 26, and boy howdy, they treated me a LOT better! My dad even kept the car full of gas, and I drove it whenever I wanted. My mom did my laundry and cooked my meals. They paid all the bills. Of course, I was in and out of the hospital that whole year, which put a real damper on things, but anyway it was great to not be responsible for my own support for awhile, once I knew what a pain that is.
Victoria