Ready, set, write! Today is the first day of National Novel Writing Month! People from all over the world will commit to writing a 50,000 word novel by the end of this month. It’s a time-pressure sitation, so you want to make sure you are prepared and focused so you can crank out your novel […]
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Writing Wednesday: NaNoWriMo starts soon!
November is National Novel Writing Month (aka NaNoWriMo)! Every year, writers from all over the world make a commitment to write a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. The deadline is the end of the month, which helps spur people on (don’t we all thrive on a deadline?). To give you an idea […]
Writing Wednesday: Writing a novel one page at a time
The start of NaNoWriMo is just a couple of weeks away. I’ve never participated, but I think it’s a really neat idea: people around the world commit to writing their own novel within the month of November. That gave me an idea: how fun would it be to write a novel as part of our […]
Writing Wednesday: Breaking through writer’s block
My kids and I were playing a game yesterday that later I thought could be a great way to break through writer’s block. We tell a story one line at a time, with each person coming up with the next line. The next person has to repeat what the previous person said and say, “…because…” […]
Writing Wednesday: Do you NaNoWriMo?
National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo for short, happens every November. I’ve never done it, but I see it online a lot and it does look like fun. It seems like a great way to get the creative juices flowing, and to be a part of the larger writing community. The goal is […]
Guest post: NaNoWriMo and young writers
Brent Acuff is a middle school band director in Hutto, TX. This is his fifth year participating in NaNoWriMo and his second year mentoring a Young Writer’s Program. I have read a lot lately about the decline of handwriting in public schools. Being a teacher in a public school myself, I would tend to agree […]
