The Carrot of Creativity

Tess Wheeler
Nov 2 · 4 min read

Helping me to be a NaNoWriMo Rebel

Photo by Heather Gill on Unsplash

In November 2017, I took part in NaNoWriMo seriously for the first time. I started a novel called Darkling Ford and finished its first draft in April 2018. Since then, real life has got in the way and almost all my time has been taken up by my new job. Fast forward to NaNoWriMo 2019 and I’ve been gripped again by the urge to take part in one of the greatest communal writing ventures…

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Tess Wheeler

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Writer, editor and English teacher. Reader and beach-walker. I used to live in Hong Kong and London but now I’m back home in the North East of England.

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