What will you write for Nano this year?
I’d like to do Nano this year. It would mean putting all of my other work aside to write a book.
But it would mean completely finishing a book, except for the re-writes.
Nanowrimo is seriously important for writers.
You write a novel in 30 days.
I read a blog recently where a writer admitted taking 11 years to write a novel.
Um… that’s insane.
Simple math tells you, 1667 words a day for 30 days is 50,000 words, bare minimum for a novel.
Another writer spoke of doing Nano, and he won. But he kept writing until January. He submitted it.
Got an agent.
Submitted to a publisher.
Got signed.
published.
Ended on the best sellers list.
Won awards.
Quit day job.
He does Nano every year now.
September choose what the basic story of your book is going to be.
October plan it out. Have a synopsis, a “Save the cat” sheet, a “21 point sheet”. Then a “60 point sheet.”
October 31, create the project, and do the housekeeping stuff in it.
November one, Nano is on. 1667 words a day. No days off.
Write the novel.
Finish it.
Get published.
