3 Fun Videos on Preparing for NaNoWriMo
Today is the eighth and last in an 8-post series on planning your novel. In today’s post, Ezra shares 3 fun videos on preparing for NaNoWriMo or any time. If you missed it: the...
Plan Your Novel / video / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published May 1, 2019 · Last modified April 29, 2019
Today is the eighth and last in an 8-post series on planning your novel. In today’s post, Ezra shares 3 fun videos on preparing for NaNoWriMo or any time. If you missed it: the...
Plan Your Novel / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published April 10, 2019 · Last modified April 16, 2019
Today is the fifth in an 8-post series on planning your novel for Nanowrimo. In today’s post, we focus on plot and story building tips. If you missed it, the first step in your novel preparation...
Plan Your Novel / Writing Tips
by Beth Barany · Published April 3, 2019 · Last modified April 8, 2019
Today is the fourth in an 8-post series on preparing your novel. In today’s post, we focus on world building, an essential aspect of creating a compelling story. (Updated: Originally written in 2014.) If...
The new, exciting, literary reading series for Wrimos and the wide world of local writers who dare to write greatly (or you know, who dare to write anything at all, which totally counts.) Our...
You’ve started your novel with NaNoWriMo. Hurrah and congrats! But maybe on some days you lose your focus and don’t know what to write next. If you haven’t planned your novel ahead of time,...
If you want to stretch and write your first novel, or finish a manuscript that’s been sitting around, NaNoWriMo is a great excuse and laboratory to take action. And it starts today! If you’re...
Writers across the globe are jotting down plot ideas and character notes. In this post, I’m going to introduce you to three tools you can use for planning your novel
This time last year, I was faced with a challenge that I never thought I would take up. I’d written a few short stories and lots of non-fiction articles, as well as a whole raft of short e-books on leadership.
Updated: August 1, 2023 IN THIS ARTICLE — On the power of Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) and a Survey for you! Jump here to take the survey right away. ** What good things...
As I was sitting in my favorite chair in my family room watching the Chicago Cubs beat the snot out of the Los Angeles Dodgers – my team – during the fourth National League Championship game, I thought how similar NaNoWriMo
by Beth Barany · Published September 19, 2016 · Last modified September 26, 2016
For our Creativity Sparks Community A Special Free Webinar on Get Ready for Nanowrimo: Essential Novel Planning Tips It’s so amazing to write a novel, but if you’ve never done it, how do you...
Did you see that blur? Were you able to make out the bits of green of Spring 2015? Or the shimmery waves of heat of Summer 2015? Did you miss the burnished coppers of the impending Fall 2015? I sure did. As a matter of fact, when I bothered to poke my head up lately, do you know what was staring back at me?
Enjoy this short interview with Leslie Nipps and I, Beth Barany, on my upcoming October 2014 course on preparing your novel for Nanowrimo. More information and to sign up here: http://30daywritingchallengefornovelists.bethbarany.com/ Follow me on...
Even to the most experienced of writers, pounding out a book in a month can seem crazy, but as many NaNoWriMoers can attest, it’s doable. And therein lies the contradiction of any marathon.
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