Tag: NaNoWriMo
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NaNoWriMo Progress Sheet
NaNoWriMo begins the day after tomorrow. To control my progress, I’ve created a spreadsheet that dynamically recomputes, each day, how many words I need to […]
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10 NaNoWriMo Tips
National Novel Writing Month rolls around every November. And I usually don’t participate, although I may this year. (I threatened to last year, but those […]
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I Wanna Write like Nora Roberts: 7 Tips for Prolific Writers
As you may know, I’ve never been able to get through a Nora Roberts novel. I’ve always gotten bored or otherwise lost interest. So then […]
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Write Every Day: What Does that Mean & Why?
Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” […]
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NaNoWriMo almost Here, and Do I Have a Surprise for You
I never do NaNoWriMo, because I believe if you’re a writer, you should write. Period. One month of excitement is not going to change your […]
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Why I Don’t do 70 Days of Sweat (and other sprints)
70 Days of Sweat, Round 3 begins tomorrow. I will not be participating. Just as I participate in neither NaNoWriMo nor NaNoEdMo. Why not? What […]
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