Category Archives: NaNoWriMo

November is National Novel Writing Month

RSVP for our October events!

The RSVP form for our October events is now available. Please help us plan for these events (e.g., # of handouts, etc). Just visit http://naperwrimo.org/oct2011/ Thanks!

October 2, 2011 – 4:19 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, NaperWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Preparation for NaNoWriMo (fall 2011)

Katherine has posted an article in our Naperville forum about the upcoming planned events to help folks prepare. These include: September 21, 6-8 pm, Caribou Coffee: Doing NaNoWriMo Again: Get Together to Talk October 7, 10:30 am-noon, Plano Library: NaNo Info session October 8, 1-3 pm, Nichols Library, NaNo prep session October 15, 1-3 pm, […]

September 10, 2011 – 1:08 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Online Pitchapalooza

Just saw the post on the NaNoWriMo blog about the online Pitchapalooza. Just send in your 200-word or less pitch to arielle@thebookdoctors.com by February 15th, 2011. Twenty-five pitches will be chosen randomly and critiqued by Arielle and David on their blog, www.thebookdoctors.com/blog. A winner will be chosen on March 1, 2011. The winner will receive […]

January 21, 2011 – 4:37 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo, Writing | Tagged , | Comments (0)

A batch of plot bunnies for the final write-in

This Sunday (November 28th) is the final write-in of this 2010 NaNoWriMo. It will be in the Children’s Department (lower level) of the Nichols Library in downtown Naperville from 1-4:30 pm (Sunday). Come out and write a bunch! As a special treat, I’ve made some really good plot bunnies to give out as word war […]

November 25, 2010 – 10:55 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Every ten thousand words — important milestones

NaNoWriMo is all about the word count. It provides motivation in various ways (through personal competition with writing buddies, through inter-regional word wars, through timed word war sprints, and through pep talks), all of it intended to help writers break through the mental barriers to achieve their writing goals. Does it mean to give up […]

November 24, 2010 – 10:47 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Entering the final third

Today is the 19th; the day after tomorrow is the start of the final third of National Novel Writing Month–the final ten days. How is your novel going? Have you made it over the hump? I sit somewhere above 30k words and have yet to hit act II… Worse, new responsibilities at work have left […]

November 19, 2010 – 12:25 pm | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , | Comments (0)

Halfway there…

At the end of today, November 15th, half of this precious month will be in the history books. I hope that it has been a memorable fifteen days, filled with productive writing sessions, fun write-ins and many new friends. Oh, and I hope that the end of the day finds you with at least 25,000 […]

November 15, 2010 – 5:55 am | By NewMexicoKid | Posted in NaNoWriMo | Tagged , , | Comments (0)