NaNoWriMo approaches, so here are some quick tips to get you started on those 50,000 words.
- Stretch your writing muscles: if you’re short of ideas, find one of those writing prompt websites (or my Twitter account) and start with some short bursts and flash fiction
- Write down your observations: carry a notebook with you everywhere, and write down everything you observe. You’ll soon find an idea!
- Find a time: figure out when you’re most creative, and try to write during that time.
- Write every day: that works out to 1,667 words per day. Not even a short story. You can do it!
- Don’t agonize over “getting it right”: just get the words down. Edit later.
- Remember that writing is fun: just play around with words, without worrying so much about writing the “Great American Novel.”
How many of you are going to participate this year?