Maybe it’s ’cause it’s two in the morning and I just remembered, but this this driving me insane. I can’t find where to post work for my novel/story on nanowrimo. is it in the forums section because my computer refuses to go to it.

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What is Nanowrimo and why should you do it? Here is a handy video to confuse your friends

Get your booty over there: www.nanowrimo.org And add me as a buddy www.nanowrimo.org Then read my blog: hayleyghoover.blogspot.com And then follow me on twitter! http Those last three links are optional. The first one isn’t. Oh, and the sparkly music is courtesy of The Remus Lupins. www.myspace.com

There are a lot of tapes and books and CD and even videos out there that claim they teach you how to write, but how many actually offer a full 4 part course included in their manual. A course that is offered in London as part of a creative writing school?

This one does. And more importantly, it works. But if you are stuck in the box mind-set that it takes years and years of torture to produce that amazing book, then this is not for you and you should go back to talking about writing and getting a couple of sentences a week down on the computer when inspiration comes.

The following information is for people who think they don’t have enough time to sit down and write. This is for those people who would love to write a book, fiction or non-fiction but never seem to get around to it. This is for the writers already out there that would love to find a way to write more in the time they have.

I’m going to let you in on a few secrets of this writing game. Secrets I learned from this same course. It took me three years to finally put this information into practice, and it was the best thing I have ever done.

You see it took me 3 years to write my first full-length book, Blood of the Wolf http://www.writer113.com. Last November I finally sat down and took full notice of this course. Why? Because I participated in a special writing program, called, NaNoWriMo. Write a novel of at least 50,000 words in one month – November to be exact. I’d never done that before. It meant I needed to plan ahead, think things through and work out the plotline and subplots (at least 3) before I even sat down to write. So I dusted off the old CD Course and whacked it into the computer. I followed the instructions and yes it was difficult at the time (first time is always the hardest) but it is like riding a bike, once you get your balance, you start to gain confidence and then you go faster and faster and faster. This course is like that.

I finished NaNoWriMo easily, within 3 weeks I had a fully edited and ready to re-write (yes, I still do that) 70,000 words book. Only needed 50,000 but I just had to finish it off. A bit of math for you math lovers out there, that’s 3333.3333 words a day! I would have thought that was impossible while working a full time job, and running a part time business.

This course shows you what really goes beyond the fantasy of being a writer, and they show you how to do it easily.

They will show you “What to do and How to do it”

They will show you the secrets many writers, like Jack London, use to produce an amazing amount of writing by anyone’s standards. Charles Dickens wrote his literary classic A Christmas Carol in just 2 weeks. Samuel Johnson wrote Rasselas: Prince of Abyssinia in an amazing 4 days. Barbara Cartland took only 5 days to write each of her books, resulting in an amazing 623 best sellers during her lifetime. The hit self-help book Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff is still selling in its millions – and was written by Dr Richard Carlson during a 12-hour transatlantic flight. (Even the playwright and third best-selling novelist in the world, Agatha Christie, claimed to have written all her manuscripts in under a month. In a BBC interview, she said: “I find no reason why one month isn’t adequate time to write a book”.)

You won’t be left thinking, “What comes next?” You’ll know.

You will be lead step by step through the process of writing at an amazing speed, in only 5 minutes stints.

Approx £27 or 40 Euro. Courses are delivered on CD and run on Windows. Price includes free international shipping. Pay by credit card, Pay Pal, check or over the telephone. Internet access required to “activate” your copy of the course.

And as a thank you for your custom, we’re also sending new customers a free bonus parcel, including:

• An address book of the hottest US and UK publishers and the people you need to contact!
• A directory showing the secret Web sites movie producers visit to find new manuscripts, and how you can submit yours!
• Listings of the best-paying short story publishers in the US and UK!
• Inspiration guides: ready to use book titles, plot sheets, and idea keywords!
• Full copies of in-demand Microsoft Word screenplay templates in US and UK formats!

Ready to write? Ready to be let in on the secret? (and there IS a secret!)

I am living proof that this works. Remember a few paragraphs back, I mentioned Na No Wri Mo? Yes? Great, you have been paying attention.

NaNoWriMo was in November 2003. Since that time, I have a new novel coming out in a few months, short stories are selling, I have a three chapbook series, each chapbook coming in at 17,000 words each (NOTE: The first one took 4 days. The second took a week and the third has yet to be written.) I have another novel in editing stage called, “The Game” and am writing my next book. All this since November 2003. And to think it used to take me ages to write a short story and 3 years to write my first novel, “Blood of the Wolf”.

People say, “Prove it works, then I’ll look into it.” Sorry, I’m calling your bluff. And at only $49.95, this course is well worth it. You can be what you want to be when you’ve written and published your book. See my site: http://www.writer113.com for “Proof”.

Here’s what you’ll discover:

All in one convenient CD.

The exact methods you’ll need to take your concept through to final manuscript in under a month, in less than an hour each day.
The secrets behind free writing. This is VERY important, as you’ll find out. You’ll learn why no-one talks about it and just how it can blow you away!
How to only ever write in five minute segments, so you’ll never get bored.
Exactly where to purchase a best selling plot for just fifty cents!
How to instantly develop an in-depth and interesting character, using “mega quick character creation”.
The four speediest methods of research (nothing to do with the Internet!)
The wonder of Power Editing and how it’ll enable you to edit your entire book in under an hour!
Ten modern killer title templates that will rocket your book sales!
The top ten reasons people say they can’t write a book – and exactly how to overcome them!
Where to find out precisely what your industry wants from a non-fiction book, without even asking.

Special note: This article was written in 12 minutes, during my lunch break.

November hosts the end of Daylight Savings Time, Veterans Day and Thanksgiving, but if youre a fiction writer this month hosts an even more important and exciting event. November marks the annual start of National Novel Writing Month, affectionately called NaNoWriMo. I am proud to say that in 2005, I was one of many winners of this 30-day contest. Winning simply requires that you turn in (and have counted) a 50,000-word (175-page) novel by midnight on November 30. The novel doesn’t have to be any good. In fact, the contest is all about quantity not quality, the idea being that you should shut your inner critic away in a closet in your mind for 30 days and simply write something — anything. The goal simply revolves around starting and to finishing a novel.

I bet you are wondering what happened to that novel of mine, right? Well, I pitched it to several agents at the San Francisco Writers Conference in 2005 and had them all interested, but they all turned it down. I even won the fiction pitch contest with my 25-word description of the book, and my prize lunch with two agents later landed me literary representation but not for my fiction! I was told by to leave my fiction writing behind and focus on what I do best — non-fiction. (I took the agents advice.)

Which brings me to the point of this essay: For those of us who don’t write fiction (ever or anymore…), what are we supposed to do during the month of November? I say, “WE WRITE NON-FICTION!” I challenge you to join me in starting and finishing a work of non-fiction during the next 30 days. You can write an article, a booklet, a newsletter, or a book. Just write something. Whatever non-fiction writing project you’ve been putting off, get started now. No one will be looking over your shoulder. This is not a contest, and there’s no prize at the end other than the great feeling you will get from knowing you wrote every day and completed your “assignment.” No on is counting your words, nor does anyone care how many words you write (not even me). This is simply a challenge to write — and to not write alone. I’ll be writing every day, too, and hopefully some other people will be writing as well.

Plus, I invite everyone who is writing non-fiction during November and wants to share their experience to go to my new nonfiction writing blog (see link below) and post comments. Ill be writing every few days about nonfiction writing in general why I enjoy it, tips on getting published, how my writing is going, etc.

One of my first blog entries explained how my foray into fiction writing during the 2005 NaNoWriMo event actually renewed my love of nonfiction writing. While I loved the fun of writing fiction, which happened to be my childhood dream, getting away from nonfiction briefly gave me a new perspective on nonfiction and reminded me of what I enjoy about it so much.

I love nonfiction writing, because it allows me to explore subjects that are interesting to me and to then share them with others. As a magazine journalist and as a book author who likes to wrestle with issues in my life or subjects that excite me, I get to spend my days researching those very same issues and subjects, speaking to experts about them, finding answers and solutions to them, and coming up with ideas and theories related to them. Then, I get to craft what Ive learned into a story an article, essay or book — that offers what Ive learned and discovered and possibly even put to use successfully in my life into a form that others can read. This then hopefully helps or excites them. I find this both stimulating and rewarding.

Nonfiction writing also proves useful to many people for many reasons. If you need to let people know about who you are and what you do, writing articles and books serves as a great way to promote yourself. Plus, once your articles appear in major magazines or trade journals or your book is selling at the back of the room when you speak or on Amazon.com or in bookstores, you achieve expert status.

So, November is here, and no matter why you want or need to write nonfiction, its time to start writing. Dont worry about how good your writing is, just write. Thats the point of NaNoWriMo to put your inner critic or inner editor in the closet while you write (or so you can write). Use the same principle for writing nonfiction in November. Dont worry about the quality of what you are writing now; simply write and strive to meet the goal of finishing what you start. Editing happens later after youve finished writing. In memory of Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind (and some really great fiction writing), imagine yourself as Scarlett OHara and think about editing later. You can do that in December. November is all about writing.

November is National Novel Writing Month. Here are some tips and tricks I learned that might help you, my fellow writer, get through the ordeal of writing 50000 words in one month. My user name for the Nano site is blythe025 should you wish to connect with me there. www.nanowrimo.org

Mainly details (or brief overview of) life, culture/mannerisms/dress, and architecture during medieval France (up through a little later is great also). Both villager/middle-class and wealthy lifestyles. (This will be used to help with the setting of my NaNoWriMo.) Thanks in advance!
- Phantom

Every year I’ve been too busy so I haven’t considered it, but seeing as how I have no life right now I’ve decided I want to enter Nanowrimo or Naplwrimo, but I can’t decide which to do and doing both is definitely out of the question. Has anyone else entered one/both of these in previous years? Which did you like better?

Thanks
- Canvas?

It is for a NaNoWriMo. I’m writing about a girl and it’s based in the 1400s. She’s the daughter of an executioner, and will eventually befriend the Princes in The Tower and help them escape.

Any ideas?
NaNoWriMo = National Novel Writing Month
Actually, in the late 1400s, two princes were put into the tower, and known as ‘The Princes in The Tower’

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princes_in_the_Tower
- Michelle I