Tips for National Novel Writing Month
By: Laura Hartog
Updated: November 21, 2012
Robert Jeschonek, based in Johnstown, is an award-winning writer whose fiction, essays, articles, comic books, and podcasts have been published around the world. He joins Dawn and Sarah in the studio to offer tips to aspiring authors during National Novel Writing Month.
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
NaNoWriMo Facts
November is National Novel Writing Month
Started in 1999 with 21 participants and 6 winners
2011: 256,618 participants and 36,843 winners
Many winners have been published professionally
NaNoWriMo Rules
Goal: Finish a 50,000-word novel
Approximately 175 pages
Upload it at www.nanowrimo.org
Deadline: Nov. 30 at Midnight
NaNoWriMo Necessities
Word processor, typewriter, pad and pencil
Family buy-in
Progress tracking tool: spreadsheet, etc.
Caffeine!
TIME
Calculate daily word count
Set up a daily schedule
Post it
Stick to it
Tips for Aspiring Authors
Golden Rules
Butt + chair = novel
Move around regularly, keep blood flowing
Stay off the Internet!
Already Started?
Keep on pushing
Write past the "hate it" stage
Shake things up
Don't create a monster!
Not Started Yet?
Don't panic!
Set an accelerated schedule
Idea prompts
Start typing, even if it's just a few words
Free Yourself
Kick out the doubters
Trust the process
Dare to be bad
Have fun!
Remember!
Your goal is to FINISH, not win a Pulitzer Prize
Everyone Wins
Even if you don't finish, you're a winner
Trying = victory
Finish the book in December
Try again next November
Learn more about National Novel Writing Month.
Learn more about Jeschonek or visit Pie Press Publishing.
Learn more about Jeschonek's latest book "Resist the Red Battlenaut".
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
NaNoWriMo Facts
November is National Novel Writing Month
Started in 1999 with 21 participants and 6 winners
2011: 256,618 participants and 36,843 winners
Many winners have been published professionally
NaNoWriMo Rules
Goal: Finish a 50,000-word novel
Approximately 175 pages
Upload it at www.nanowrimo.org
Deadline: Nov. 30 at Midnight
NaNoWriMo Necessities
Word processor, typewriter, pad and pencil
Family buy-in
Progress tracking tool: spreadsheet, etc.
Caffeine!
TIME
Calculate daily word count
Set up a daily schedule
Post it
Stick to it
Tips for Aspiring Authors
Golden Rules
Butt + chair = novel
Move around regularly, keep blood flowing
Stay off the Internet!
Already Started?
Keep on pushing
Write past the "hate it" stage
Shake things up
Don't create a monster!
Not Started Yet?
Don't panic!
Set an accelerated schedule
Idea prompts
Start typing, even if it's just a few words
Free Yourself
Kick out the doubters
Trust the process
Dare to be bad
Have fun!
Remember!
Your goal is to FINISH, not win a Pulitzer Prize
Everyone Wins
Even if you don't finish, you're a winner
Trying = victory
Finish the book in December
Try again next November
Learn more about National Novel Writing Month.
Learn more about Jeschonek or visit Pie Press Publishing.
Learn more about Jeschonek's latest book "Resist the Red Battlenaut".
Find Jeschonek on Facebook as Robert Jeschonek
Follow Jeschonek on Twitter as @TheFictioneer
Find Jeschonek's videos on YouTube at TheFictioneer Channel
