It's still a great month to write a novel!
I signed up for ProWritingAid which is a site to track kind of like Nanowrimo but not quite as good. But hey! They're new and just tuning up their gears. People are asking for a way to connect with their friends and ProWritingAid says it's working on a safe way to do it.
Now is the time to figure out what to write. (Isn't this always the hard part?) Get an idea and flesh it out enough to create a full novel.
Ideas I have. I put them in the notes on my phone, there's little pieces of paper all over my desk with story ideas scribbled on them and I have a few novels finished but not edited. So all I have to do is pick one.
One way to start an idea is to think about the Hero's Journey. Character/Normal world/Challenge or problem. Insert some "what if's" and just write.
I was listening to the Bookfox on YouTube. He did an episode of how great writers write and talked about Ray Bradbury. Bradbury challenged himself to put down 5 words and through the week create a short story out of them. Start on Monday, send that story out on Saturday. Considering he wrote Fahrenheit 451 in 9 days this might be a great exercise for writers.
Happy November Novel Month! Let's write!
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