The 2019 National Novel Writing Month season is over. We held five preparatory workshops in October. The popular Library Crawl offered writers plenty of opportunities to work on their novels at write-ins while earning chances for nice prizes at the TGIO (Thank Goodness It's Over) Party December 7th.
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- NaNo Prep 101 - Week 1 - Four Ways to Generate Ideas - 16 September 2020 While our region's prep workshops don't start till October, NaNo National has already kicked it off! This week is all about idea generation. Check this guide on brainstorming! https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ebIP51rNEpJRL9pb5DSMSBpMTtndPiHeb4YO6asraG8/edit
Want to fill out this workbook in Google Docs? Here's how: Click "File" in the top left corner. Select "Make a Copy". In the pop-up window, select "OK". Fill out your copy of this workbook freely! Download our entire NaNo Prep 101 Handbook here. See our NaNo Prep 101 portal here. Week 1...
(Feed generated with FetchRSS) - NaNo Prep: Outline Your Story Like a Subway Map - 10 September 2020 I was going through the NaNo prep guide (https://nanowrimo.org/nano-prep-101#flair) and jumped to this fascinating article about using subway mapping techniques to track plot threads across a novel. See https://blog.nanowrimo.org/post/166302962291/nano-prep-outline-your-story-like-a-subway-map -- definitely worth a read.
We’re deep into NaNo Prep Season, and this week, we’ve asked participants to share their thoughts on how to craft great plots and build immersive worlds. Today, author and entrepreneur Gabriela...
(Feed generated with FetchRSS) - NaNoWriMo - 5 September 2020 OMG IT'S SEPTEMBER!
That means next month is Preptober and the month after that, NaNo November!!!!!
It might seem far, but in this "blink and you miss all of May" covid situation, I can guarantee NaNo will creep up on you fast. To that end, myself and fellow MLs have already kicked off the year with an introduction post on our regional forum. https://forums.nanowrimo.org/c/regions/illinois-naperville/459
A LOT will be happening online this year (like, everything) and the important stuff will be on the official NaNo forum. We recommend refamilizing yourself with it (maybe add it to a NaNo bookmarks folder?) and start thinking about November.
(Feed generated with FetchRSS) - NaNoWriMo - 20 August 2020 Hello Wrimos! We're halfway through August and your MLs starting to get write-ins scheduled. But first, did you hear the big news? NaNoWriMo will be offically on-line this year. If you missed the email, you can read about it here: https://forums.nanowrimo.org/t/no-in-person-events-for-nanowrimo-2020/182527
Essentially, all offical NaNo events will be viritual. The Kickoff, TGIO, Write-Ins - all of it.
Most of our events will be explained and shared on the offical NaNo Fourm we have for our region: https://forums.nanowrimo.org/c/regions/illinois-naperville/459
It's kinda empty right now, but expect for things to really get up and swinging in late September!
(Feed generated with FetchRSS) - Starting to plan for NaNoWriMo...! We will be virtual this fall due to the current conditions, but we are planning a full slate ... - 6 August 2020 Starting to plan for NaNoWriMo...! We will be virtual this fall due to the current conditions, but we are planning a full slate of activities to build and support our writing community. Stay tuned!
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