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Frank Dent's avatar

Some practical tips in a recent Catapult article:

https://catapult.co/dont-write-alone/stories/fawn-parker-how-to-write-a-novel-in-a-month-craft-essay

From the article: "Completing my first novel changed my view of myself as a writer."

I generally don't write fiction, but am intrigued by the whole thing.

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Meta Wagner's avatar

Thanks for including this link, Frank. I think "writing by numbers" provides authors with concrete, reachable goals, which makes the enormity of a full manuscript feel not so enormous, after all.

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Gina Vild's avatar

It makes sense to have a goal of word count to move the process forward. I've never tried that.

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Meta Wagner's avatar

In my experience, it works even better than aiming for a certain amount of time devoted to writing.

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Renee Faber's avatar

Any ideas on how to participate when I'm diving into editing a novel?

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Meta Wagner's avatar

Renee, while NaNoWriMo was created for people producing new pages, you might want to check on social media and message boards to see if you can find a community of people who are editing existing work, like you. Maybe you could set a different goal of editing X pages/day for 30 days. Good luck!

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Renee Faber's avatar

I think I will have a different goal for editing a section per day! I enjoy editing, but it is still overwhelming. Have fun with your NoNoWriMo!!

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Melissa Ortiz's avatar

Wow! It sounds so much easier now! Thanks for the inspiration, Meta!🫶

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Meta Wagner's avatar

Thanks, Mel!

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