Seanan McGuire (seanan_mcguire) wrote,
Seanan McGuire
seanan_mcguire
  • Mood: awake
  • Music: B*Witched, "Jessie Hold On."

November is upon us. Run and pray the wraiths do not find you.

With Nanowrimo in full swing, I thought it was time to break out a few helpful links for those few, those brave few, those band of frumious bandersnatches who were fighting their way through this tulgy wood.

This is a blog post from 2011, from Literary Lab, and you should read it. Regardless of whether you're doing Nanowrimo, really, because it has some very helpful things to say.

You can read my original fifty thoughts on writing here. I still need to finish the essay series that goes with it, but the thoughts are solid, and I continue to stand by them.

There are a lot of resources out there to help you, and I hope you have the best November ever. I hope every one of you hits the finish line with a glorious and resounding "gong." I also hope that if you don't make your final goal, that you won't give up on your new project (or the old one you dusted off for this exercise). I don't often finish books in a single month, and I am essentially a word Olympian right now, constantly in training, constantly trying to beat my best time. So however far you get in this sprint, it is amazing and you are amazing, and you should feel good about yourself.

Happy Nanowrimo, and happy November to all of you.
Tags: advice, be excellent to one another
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  • 10 comments

patoadam

November 4 2014, 16:10:38 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you!

I am not a writer (of anything other than songs and computer programs), nor do I wish to be one, but this looks very interesting.

seanan_mcguire

November 9 2014, 16:57:20 UTC 2 years ago

It's a fun time.

notalwaysweak

November 4 2014, 20:03:20 UTC 2 years ago

*cuddles this post*

My writing is going okay but I am having other issues this month, so I will tuck this post away to remind myself that not everyone thinks this is a waste of time.

seanan_mcguire

November 9 2014, 16:57:31 UTC 2 years ago

No.

Not everyone does.

lazzchan

November 4 2014, 23:09:26 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you! I'm in the thick of now-- trying to reach my word goals in between work and having a life of some sort. :) I'm excited to do it, since I'm /terrible/ at setting writing goals for myself. This gives me the chance to actually write and write, without doing what I normally do (which is to edit the hell out of poor story).

seanan_mcguire

November 9 2014, 16:57:42 UTC 2 years ago

Yay!

elizalavelle

November 6 2014, 02:17:20 UTC 2 years ago

Thank you for these! I'm very enthused about my NaNo story this year but am enjoying taking breaks and reading things that help keep my energy up :)

seanan_mcguire

November 9 2014, 16:57:55 UTC 2 years ago

That is a good way to do it.

asphaltangel

November 6 2014, 22:42:26 UTC 2 years ago

Happy NaNo! I'm writing for the ninth year, and so far it's going well. Encouraging posts of excellent things always make it better, so thank you for this one!

seanan_mcguire

November 9 2014, 16:58:03 UTC 2 years ago

Hooray!