Sentences with phrase «about nanowrimo»

If you don't know anything about NaNoWriMo, the basic premise is that you take 30 days to write a novel, which in this case, is defined as 50,000 words.

And the other thing you need to know about NaNoWriMo is that there are two main approaches — plotting, or pantsing.

If you're not talking about NaNoWriMo with your readers, you're missing out on a great marketing opportunity.

This week we are chatting about NaNoWriMo.

Each year, thousands of wannabe writers get themselves hyped up about NANOWRIMO — «National Novel Writing Month.»

If you're a writer, you know about NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, every November when aspiring authors scramble to try to write the first draft of a new book in one month flat.

I had to double check my calendar when I started seeing posts pop up on blogs (like from author Jackson Pearce or literary agent Nathan Bransford) about NaNoWriMo.

Even enthusiasts admit that everything about NaNoWriMo seems counterintuitive.

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Most writers can not successfully write and publish a novel in that short amount of time and actually do a good job (and please don't even get me started on the writers who write 50,000 words during NaNoWriMo and then publish it without even thinking twice about it, UGH!).

IngramSpark is a big supporter of NaNoWriMo and we've written blog posts about the movement that takes place every November.

We will be welcoming several NaNoWriMo veterans to the meetup, where they will be talking about how NaNoWriMo works, best practices / how to get the most out of it, and why they keep coming back for more.

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During the days in October, when I began posting about my participation in NaNoWriMo, I mentioned the FREE CUSTOM COVER promotion we were offering at Outskirts Press if you began your self - publishing process before Halloween.

You're right about not having time to study writing techniques in depth during NaNoWriMo.

Or perhaps we just want a temporary cover to use on WattPad, NaNoWriMo, or other site where we're talking about our book.

It's a huge money maker, and it's exactly why Smashwords and Nanowrimo are so defensive about allowing these kinds of services into their community.

I've thinking about this post already, but then saw someone in the Nanowrimo group share this article:

But both Smashwords and Nanowrimo have been adamant about refusing to move into author services.

And even though I'll be renting a castle for Nanowrimo, and that's a big, scary goal on its own, I don't really feel stressed about it.

GoodEReader.com spoke with Sarah Mackey, Community Liaison for the Office of Letters and Light, the parent organization of NaNoWriMo, literally hours before the official start of this year's National Novel Writing Month about how technology and digital publishing have affected the «thirty days and nights of literary abandon» and may have influenced record numbers of writers to take on the challenge.

«And it seems to me that both NaNoWriMo and the digital publishing industry have a lot of common ground there, in that they are about empowering individuals to be creative, whether that means writing a novel or publishing that novel without going through the arduous process of finding an agent and finding a publisher.»

NaNoWriMo is about as far from my normal writing MO as you can get.

This week it is about submitting your NaNoWriMo baby, but not before you have wash, dressed and preened it first.

explains the current self - publishing landscape and covers the truths and myths about what it means to be an indie author now and in the foreseeable future — beyond just «how to write a novel» or NaNoWriMo and delving into the brass - tacks realities of indie publishing.

I've got some exciting editing projects in the works right now, and with NaNoWriMo wrapping up, I've been getting a lot of new inquiries about developmental editing — which is usually the service people need most after speed - writing a novel.

If you're doing NaNoWriMo this year, think about how you'll sell your novel once it's done.

While most writers just want to complete their novel, and haven't thought about publication yet, several of us discussed ways to sell NaNoWriMo novels.

About 140,000 of that was Stormseer, another 20,000 was The Midwinter Royal, just over 50,000 was my NaNoWriMo project, and the rest were in blog posts and various short stories.

NaNoWriMo veterans talk about how NaNoWriMo works, best practices / how to get the most out of it, and why they keep coming back for more.

According to Faulkner, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought fleetingly about writing a novel.

To encourage library participation, NaNoWriMo offers a guide specifically geared towards administrators who have concerns about the viability of running a NaNoWriMo program.

Last month I blogged about my first year of participating in NaNoWriMo.

We had an idea for a novel and I have to admit, I had about 3,000 words already written when I started NaNoWriMo.

In the intro I talk about some of my insights from the FutureBook conference, my NaNoWriMo experience and the upcoming release of Exodus.

And here I am about it again because NaNoWriMo amplifies this bid for publishing speed, of -LSB-...]

So instead I'm offering my own version — but I'm going to do all 30 covers in ONE day of espresso - fueled cover design madness, to replicate the kind of intense focus and constant creative production that NaNoWriMo is all about.

NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month, and it's about to begin!

Personally, I was about to go public with my decision this year to not do NaNoWriMo for two reasons — I wanted to concentrate on finishing up the writing guide on Evernote, and I should be revising previous novels I've written in a month.

Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought fleetingly about writing a novel.

He talked about how important NaNoWriMo was to his own writing, some writing tips, as well as some solid book marketing strategies.

Valuing enthusiasm, determination and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel.