All Comments on 'Complete NaNoWriMo'

I wonder if I could do it. I could use it as an excuse not to pay attention to said in-laws. It could work!

Good luck in the contest!

Maharat

I didn't even know this contest existed. Thank you for the info!

Ogg, this is possibly one of the clearest "how to" pieces I've ever read. It is laid out as clearly as a Carol Doak quilting pattern. (That's high praise.) Exceptionally well done! L8.

something I've never heard of but sounds like it would be fun to try.

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It has seemed that there is usually not much useful or usable in these "How To" contests, but this clear, concise and practical.

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Impressive piece of writing for an hour.

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Regards, Jack ... and good luck on the contest!

I gave it a miss last year, but this year I will take your suggestions on board and have a go. Your advice was excellent.

Writing 50,000 words in one month is not hard, if you can block out the time, and not be interrupted by a wife or husband or child or telelphone or other disturbance. The hard part is writing that much on one subject. Unless you pad your writing outrageously, it is very difficult to write as much as 2,000 words day after day, and keep it interesting. It would probably be easier to write a 2,000 word story every day, although that's not easy either.

I didn't reach my goal in last year's NaNoWriMo, life got in the way. This is a very useful piece. When the thread for NaNo is started next year, this piece should be linked in the first post. Good luck! ~Minx

I've always found the idea of NaNo to be daunting, but after reading your how to, it is a little less so. I always thought it had to be a novel - which is where I freeze up. A series of shorts, an outline and start of a novel, even a journal - I hadn't thought of that tact. The trick is to train myself to write - rain or shine. Perhaps next year I might take the plunge. thank you.

I SO could have used this last year!! Where were you then, huh!? I failed miserably... but now I have your how-to, I can't wait til November again! :))

Selena

I've never been able to enter the NaNoWriMo because I thought it had to be a novel. Now that you've laid it out in this How To that it can be a series of stories or an outline or something other than a novel, it doesn't sound as daunting.

A good How-To that may encourage more writers, maybe even me, to give the contest a try.

Good tips to something I never heard of. A 2,000 word story every day? Interesting thought.

I had to google nanowromo. Interesting! I almost thing I could do it. Maybe!

But probably the words all have to be different, and in those complete sentences, huh? Still, thanks for the info. Well done.

Never noticed this article before. Thanks for linking me to it.

I did NaNoWriMo last year and had a blast. I can't do it this year because I'm focusing on editing my manuscript to query Agents. I agree it's a fun experience for anyone to try aspiring writer or not.

I had never heard of NaNoWriMo but when the spirit moves me I know I can complete one of my mystery novels in less than a month and they run around 150K so I guess I could pull it off. I'd have to plan a topic and the time to do it. Hmmm, very interesting. Thanks for the tip.