Comments on: Five Things You Need To Do Before NANOWRIMO

By: Karlene Cameron

Karlene Cameron — Fri, 17 Feb 2017 07:56:18 +0000

I love #NaNo! I only learned about it last year (2016), but decided to join the fun and use that time to finish a novel I had been working on. I had 50,000 words going into the start of NaNo and ended up completing the challenge, with a final word count of 103,000 words. Yes, it was grueling! There were lots of late nights, little time spent with friends and family, poor nutrition choices and possibly a few bills that got missed! But I wouldn’t change a thing! And yes, I plan to do it again.

My first novel, Dark Awakening, published by BVS, took me 10 years to write. While I’d like to think I’ve learned a thing or two along the way, I’m convinced I would not have completed Dark Gathering (the sequel to Dark Awakening) in less than a year, had it not been for NaNo.

Looking forward to joining the fun again this November — after all, there’s still one book in the trilogy left to write!

By: Jeanne Felfe

Jeanne Felfe — Sat, 22 Oct 2016 22:59:49 +0000

I did Camp Nano 2013 and only had two weeks because of having prior plans and only learning about it the day before. I still wrote 21K words, which for me, was amazing. I’d only written short stories prior to that. What I wrote became a 60K word novel, The Art of Healing, which was published June 2016.

I plan to do it this year and have been doing some pre-planning although I’m at heart a pantster. I’ve also got a list of things to do prior to November and have been hammering away at those. One of those things included buying a new laptop, and I’m happy to say I’m typing on it now.

By: Carol Fragale Brill

Carol Fragale Brill — Mon, 10 Oct 2016 23:25:52 +0000

I’ve never done or been tempted to do NANO but your list has me thinking