NaNoWriMo
I am proud to say, I started writing properly due to NaNoWriMo*. I entered for the first time in 2003, then again in 2004, before giving it a break for a few years, a failed attempt in 2007, then more succesful ones from 2010-2013.
My 2010 Nano novel is now published as Aroha's Grand Adventure: A Little Bird on a Big Adventure.
This year, due to other commitments (my unfinished second-novel-in-my-series/my animal-a-day project/work and general RL stuff), I have decided not to participate this year, but YOU should!
Now, for those of you trying NaNo for the first time - it is scary, but exciting! - if you have ever dreamed of writing a novel, but always considered you have never had the time, well, find the time! When I was writing "Aroha" I got up an hour earlier every morning, intending to write 1000 words before breakfast. If you're more of a night owl, well, make a time to shut off the book of face and the interweb and write for an hour or two (or three or four) before you go to bed.
You only have to write 1,667 words per day - and they don't even have to be GOOD words! Shut down the internal editor, put a lid on your inner critic and write, write, WRITE!
You can do it - because, I can tell you, that when you have caught the wave (and believe me, a certain amount of writing is hard work, but when the characters take over, your fingers cannot keep up with your brain), there is no more awesome feeling. You are like a god! These characters, they are your puppets, your toys, your pawns or queens or knights. You can point them in the direction you want them to go - then delight as they take on a life of their own and send the plot spiraling in directions you have never imagined!
Don't write for the market, don't write for your mother, your life partner - write for yourself, write the story that you want to read, and if the passion is there, then any future readers will sense it too.
So go forth and write!
* NaNoWriMo is "National Novel Writing Month" - the idea is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Find out more at: http://www.nanowrimo.org
My 2010 Nano novel is now published as Aroha's Grand Adventure: A Little Bird on a Big Adventure.
This year, due to other commitments (my unfinished second-novel-in-my-series/my animal-a-day project/work and general RL stuff), I have decided not to participate this year, but YOU should!
Now, for those of you trying NaNo for the first time - it is scary, but exciting! - if you have ever dreamed of writing a novel, but always considered you have never had the time, well, find the time! When I was writing "Aroha" I got up an hour earlier every morning, intending to write 1000 words before breakfast. If you're more of a night owl, well, make a time to shut off the book of face and the interweb and write for an hour or two (or three or four) before you go to bed.
You only have to write 1,667 words per day - and they don't even have to be GOOD words! Shut down the internal editor, put a lid on your inner critic and write, write, WRITE!
You can do it - because, I can tell you, that when you have caught the wave (and believe me, a certain amount of writing is hard work, but when the characters take over, your fingers cannot keep up with your brain), there is no more awesome feeling. You are like a god! These characters, they are your puppets, your toys, your pawns or queens or knights. You can point them in the direction you want them to go - then delight as they take on a life of their own and send the plot spiraling in directions you have never imagined!
Don't write for the market, don't write for your mother, your life partner - write for yourself, write the story that you want to read, and if the passion is there, then any future readers will sense it too.
So go forth and write!
* NaNoWriMo is "National Novel Writing Month" - the idea is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Find out more at: http://www.nanowrimo.org
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