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I tweet about the craft and business of writing and illustrating at @inkyelbows. If you're interested in my art or other projects, please do visit DebbieOhi.com. Thanks for visiting! -- Debbie Ridpath Ohi
To those finishing their #NaNoWriMo stories: congrats! Be proud. But whatever you do, RESIST THE URGE to send it out on submission right away. Let it sit for a while first. Then edit. Also, agents/editors often get inundated with unedited mss right after NanoWriMo, so are more likely to be grumpy. :-)
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Writing challenges can be inspiring and fun, but always remember WHY you are doing them. If you're just doing them for fun, of course, the writing part is secondary. Commiserate with others on the message boards! Go to the kickoff parties! If you're doing a writing challenge in hopes of ending up with something you might want to get published, then I encourage you to take the challenge seriously. You can still have FUN while doing it, but be aware of how much time you spend actually writing as opposed to talking about writing.
To those doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) this month: good luck! I've done NaNoWriMo a few times and even gotten a couple of novels finished. The biggest reasons I did the NaNoWriMo challenge was to help get me back into the daily habit of writing and also for the online community aspect -- it was fun and motivating to be writing to the same deadline as thousands of other writers doing the challenge.
I have found, though, that Novembers are generally NOT a good time for me to do a daily challenge like this, mainly because I'm always away for a week partway through to attend an annual board gaming convention. This month is especially hectic because in addition to the board gaming event, I'm also away on a book tour (for I'M WORRIED).
For others who are in a similar boat, who are looking for a writing challenge with more flexibility, I encourage you to check out my Daily Write challenge.
And for those looking for more NaNoWriMo comics, do check out my friend Errol Elumir's daily NaNoToons!
Also see my friend Errol Elumir's daily Nanotoons!
National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo) begins today! To educators: there's also a Nanowrimo Young Writers' Program.
If you love the spirit behind NaNoWriMo but want a gentler year-round writing (and editing) challenge with flexibility, feel free to try the Inkygirl Daily Writing Challenge. There's also an Inkygirl Daily Writing Challenge Facebook Page where I'll be posting motivational comics and tips.
Looking for more NaNoWrimo comics? Check out my friend Errol Elumir's daily NaNoToons.
I'll be posting more NaNoWriMo comics from the archives throughout the month, but if you're looking for tasy fresh NEW comics, my friend Errol Elumir is posting one every day at NaNoToons.net.
Don't let fear of writing poorly stop you from writing. That's why we revise. - Cindy Pon
I'm going to be using NaNoWriMo as extra motivation to get in some extra writing done on novel-in-progress. I found out last year that NaNoWriMo actually welcomes writers who are in all stages of their project!
Don't have enough writing time for NaNoWriMo & looking for an achievable daily goal challenge? Try my Daily Words Challenge.
Thanks to Arthur Slade for his permission to turn his tweet into a comic. :-)
Too often, I find that writers start motivational challenges like NaNoWrimo with enthusiasm and good intentions, but give up when they start missing their daily targets for more than a few days in a row...undermining their confidence and defeating the purpose of the original challenge.
If you need a motivational writing challenge with some flexibility, try checking out my 250, 500 or 1000 words/day challenge. I'm doing NaNoWriMo right now as a way of helping kickstart my middle grade novel....but I'm already falling a wee bit behind the "1666 wds/day" goal.
If I do end up having to bail out of NaNo, I'm vowing NOT going to get discouraged but am going to keep going, but try a lower wordcount instead.
To those of you with lots of writing time and don't need these challenges: I envy you! :-) These days for me, paying work has taken priority and my non-contracted projects keep being pushed to the back burner. I find that wordcount challenges can help motivate me to get into the habit of putting in at least a little bit of time EVERY DAY on my novel-writing.
Some of you may snicker at my measley wordcount goals but for me, even 250 words a day is better than nothing at all.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019 at 5:43 PM
