NaNoWriMo

The unbearable unpreparedness of NaNo

October 31, 2011
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It starts tomorrow, NaNoWriMo that is, so it’s a good job we’ve all done our best to plan and plot and generally prepare for it. You have right? I know I have… Oh no… Wait…. No. I’ve done bugger all in the preparing stakes. Oh, well now, this can’t end well…can it? Well let’s not [...]

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NaNoWriMo – What should you expect?

October 13, 2011
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As many of us start gearing up for this year’s NaNo my thoughts turned to last year. 2010 was my first NaNoWriMo. I was challenged to take part by that there RosieBunny and after looking into it, I decided to have a go. Of course knowing what NaNoWriMo is and knowing what it’ll be like [...]

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Another year, another NaNoWriMo

October 7, 2011
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November is nearly here and that can only mean one thing. NaNoWriMo 2011 is charging towards you. It probably has its head down and is making bull noises while you dance about trying to work out which way its going to go before finally making a decision and diving out of the way at the [...]

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The joy of rewrites

April 21, 2011
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It seems like an age since I took part in NaNoWriMo back in November 2010. I finished my book, Monkeygeddon, and put it to one side. You know, like they tell you to. I’d planned on leaving it to one side for a month and the rewrites would begin in January. Then lot of stuff [...]

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NaNoWriMo: These Things I have Learned

November 30, 2010
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Well, I did it. I wrote 50,000 words—52,171 to be precise—in 30 days making me a NaNoWriMo winner. Does that make me better than you? Yes. I think it probably does. Now that we’re all agreed on that, I shall tell what I learned from my experience. It all started way back at the beginning [...]

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