National Novel Writing Month

Writing 50,000 words in a month may not work for you.

July passed by in a blur of plot-building and scene-setting. For the third time in two and a half years, I cranked out 50,000 words of a single novel in a single month (actually 55,000, but who’s counting? …Me. I’m […]

Every November, thousands of mentally-imbalanced people across the globe commit to writing a novel in a single month. That’s 1,667 words each day. 50,000 words, total. What kind of lunatic would attempt such a thing? Unless you’re a full-time fiction […]

National Novel Writing Month

Writing 50,000 words in a month may not work for you.

Navigating NaNo (surviving the insanity of National Novel-Writing Month)

Kate Bitters