Today was the first day for Campnanowrimo. I've have tried to do Nanowrimo in November a few times, but horribly failed... like it only lasted a week. For those of you wondering what Nanowrimo is, it's a crazy fun thing for writers where you have a BIG, yet possible goal of writing a book in one month. There is a catch though, the book must be at least 50,000 words(approximately 175 page) novel. Yes, 50,000 words in 30 days!This time I'm going to try to succeed and if you're a writer feel free to join me... they also do one in July.
Here is my account so you can follow my progress (if you want.)
http://campnanowrimo.org/campers/ryanheart
This is the first time I'm working on a novel different form my beloved book, The Realm of Hearts. And it's a way different genre... Steampunk. (Now that's an odd word)
If you are a fellow Nanowrimo please give me some tips, because I'm going to need them.
I'm doing Camp Nanowrimo too, writing a zombie apocalypse novel. At this point I'm only 2334 words behind.
ReplyDeleteI've never won a Nano or come close, so I don't have any real tips, but I do have the book 'No Plot, No Problem!' by the founder of Nano, Chris Baty, and it's kind of inspirational.
And I guess I do have one tip--- keep a baby name book and a phone book close-to-hand to name characters on-the-fly. You can always change the names to the perfect ones in the second draft.