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NaNoWrMo, Inspiration
Write a 50,000-Word Pulp Novel Before Breakfast
My easy no-outline way of writing short novels in four weeks
To kick start my self-publishing business, I wrote a novel a month for three years. That doesn’t make me special. Lots of people do the same thing. Writing a novel a month is a very common business model for full-time author/publishers.
As you gear up for NaNoWriMo, you’re going to hear people say you need an outline if you want to write fast. But maybe you think outlines are boring. Or you already know from previous sad experience that your creative brain doesn’t play well with outlines.
Never fear. I don’t write pulp novels in four weeks by faffing around with outlines. Tons of prolific writers never spend a day faffing around with outlines. Stephen King, a leading pantser, seems to have done pretty well for himself without them.
If tons of people can do something, you can do it too…
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