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! docs.google.com/document/d/1ebIP51rNEpJRL9pb5DSMSBpMTtndPiHeb4YO6asraG8/edit
NaNo Prep 101 - Week 1 - Four Ways to Generate Ideas
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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! Dow...I was going through the NaNo prep guide (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 blog.nanowrimo.org/post/166302962291/nano-prep-outline-your-story-like-a-subway-map -- definitely worth a read.
NaNo Prep: Outline Your Story Like a Subway Map
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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...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. 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.
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: 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: 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!
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!
What are award-winning authors writing about during this pandemic? Friday, May 22, 9:30 am CST, join Soon to Be Famous Illinois Author Project winners Michael Alan Peck, author of The Commons, and Geralyn Hesslau Magrady, author of Lines, for this "socially distant" conversation. Tips and tools for self-published authors are included.
Zoom link: us02web.zoom.us/j/88374808429
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Journey member and poet Tanasha Martin's poem "Hope for Flint" was published in the Pine Hills Review, the literary magazine of the College of Saint Rose.
“Hope for Flint” by Tanasha Martin
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it focuses on the irony of the children, most affected by the tainted water, dying from it in a state surrounded by fresh water. It bases the hope on unicorns, who’s horns not only possess the abil....Visit the Naperville NaNoWriMo forum or the NaperWriMo facebook page or naperwrimo.org. Also be aware of our year-round writing community, the Writing Journey.
