Finish Your Novel in November: The Complete NaNoWriMo Writer’s Guide
10 rules to ensure you write all 50,000 words in November
Every year, starting at 12:01 am on November 1st and ending at 11:59pm on November 30th, the world of writers and hope-to-be-writers begins their annual trek to write a full (short-ish) novel in one month.
Before you read too far, make sure you bookmark this story for later reference. It’s a lot to read at once. It’ll be here for you when you get stuck.
It’s National Writing Month, people!
Started by a fine gentleman named Chris Baty (author of No Plot, No Problem) in 1999, 21 brave writers joined the first year. In 2017, over 400,000 people participated, not including Camp NaNoWriMo, and the Young Writers Program (for another 150,000 or so).
Bottom line, it’s a whole lotta typing in a whole few days.
To win, you’ve got to write a 50,000 word novel by yourself (no teams) in 30 days — that’s 1,667 words a day, Earnest! If you’ve ever wanted to get the book out of your brain, November is the perfect time for doing so. The good folks at NaNoWriMo provide all kinds of support, badges, swag, and tools to help you accomplish your goal.
To follow the rules, you can’t start writing until November 1st, but you can prepare for…
