WRITE NOW NEWSLETTER – OCTOBER 2011

“When writing a novel, that’s pretty much entirely what life turns into. House burned down. Car stolen. Cat exploded. Did 1500 easy words, so all in all it was a pretty good day.” – ©Neil Gaiman

Hi Writers:

National Novel Writing Month is only a few weeks away!!! Here is some helpful NaNo preparation information:

YOUR GOAL: To write 50,000 words of fiction* during the 30 days of November. (1667 words per day.)

*Members of the NaNoWriMo group known as the NaNo Rebels write nonfiction and poetry. Willwrite4chocolate is a two-time NaNo Rebel and overall four-time NaNo winner.

FIRST:

• Sign up! Visit: http://www.nanowrimo.org
• “Friend” Nita a.k.a. willwrite4chocolate

HELPFUL BOOKS:

• No Plot? No Problem! by Chris Baty (founder of NaNoWriMo)
• NaNo for the New and Insane by Lazette Gifford (free e-book)
  http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/84837
• Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
• Workbook by the same title
• The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing by Evan Marshall
• First Draft in 30 Days by Karen Wiesner
• Story Engineering by Larry Brooks

HELPFUL SOFTWARE and WEBSITES:

• yWriter – http://www.spacejock.com/yWriter.html (works best on PCs) Free!!!
• Scrivener – http://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php (works best on MACS) $45
• The Snowflake Method
  http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/art/snowflake.php

I hope you will join me in this crazy literary adventure. If you have some nano tips, I’d love to hear those as well. If you would like, please leave a comment on my blog, BumGlue.

Nita Sweeney
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