{"id":25554,"date":"2022-09-14T11:46:15","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T18:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=25554"},"modified":"2022-09-14T11:46:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T18:46:15","slug":"nanowrimo-national-novel-writing-month-is-coming-write-a-50000-word-novel-in-30-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/14\/nanowrimo-national-novel-writing-month-is-coming-write-a-50000-word-novel-in-30-days\/","title":{"rendered":"NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month is coming! Write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WFZ_NaNoWriMo-National-Novel-Writing-Month.-Write-a-50000-word-novel-in-30-days.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-25560 size-medium\" title=\"NaNoWriMo: National Novel Writing Month is coming! Write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days!\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WFZ_NaNoWriMo-National-Novel-Writing-Month.-Write-a-50000-word-novel-in-30-days-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WFZ_NaNoWriMo-National-Novel-Writing-Month.-Write-a-50000-word-novel-in-30-days.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/WFZ_NaNoWriMo-National-Novel-Writing-Month.-Write-a-50000-word-novel-in-30-days-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Every year for the last 23 years, many writers commit to this crazy\/amazing\/brilliant {free} community and world-wide challenge that is <a href=\"https:\/\/nanowrimo.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NaNoWriMo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I know lots of writers who use this month to focus and get lots of writing done (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetorahcodes.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ezra Barany<\/a> &#8212; my husband, thriller writer, and co-teacher in many of our programs at <a href=\"https:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/p\/home\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barany School of Fiction<\/a>; me too {Raises hand!}).<\/p>\n<p>Will you join in? Would you like to but don&#8217;t know where to begin?<\/p>\n<p>We got you.<\/p>\n<p>The secret for us is&#8230; <strong>we prepare.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>How To Prepare for NaNoWriMo<\/h2>\n<p>We usually take the month of October to go through all of the things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>theme, story summary, what-if, premise<\/li>\n<li>characters: their wants\/needs, conflicts, motivations<\/li>\n<li>world building<\/li>\n<li>story structure<\/li>\n<li>plot<\/li>\n<li>and more &#8212; <em>much more<\/em>!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I do these in great rambling detail in a pretty organized way inside of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.literatureandlatte.com\/scrivener\/overview\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scrivener<\/a>, trusting my gut; I&#8217;m more of a pantser, relying on intuition. I also do tons of research because it makes me happy. By the time I sit down to write, I feel ready! And I write murder mysteries, where I know what my investigator knows, mostly. Hehe<\/p>\n<p>Ezra plans with tons of methodical detail. He&#8217;s more of a plotter, loving to dive deep into the nitty gritty before he writes. Spreadsheets, forms, index cards are his speed.<\/p>\n<p>We use the method or framework we teach in our book, <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/plan-your-novel-like-a-pro-and-have-fun-doing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Plan Your Novel Like A Pro<\/em><\/a> (comes with a bonus digital workbook), and the <a href=\"https:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/p\/30daywc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">course<\/a> by the same name (with coaching as an add-on.)<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/06\/8-tips-planning-novel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post version is here<\/a> &#8212; free; its ebook version is $0.99 &#8212; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/7essentialkeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 Essential Keys to Planning For Novel<\/a><\/em>, available at many vendors.<\/p>\n<p><em>Choices!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Get ready for Nano and then get writing your novel!<\/p>\n<p>Cheers!<\/p>\n<h1>RECAP: Write a 50,000-word novel in 30 days!<\/h1>\n<p>Nanowrimo is coming!<\/p>\n<p>To take advantage of it if it&#8217;s your dream to write a novel.<\/p>\n<p>To success, prepare! There&#8217;s lots of tools out there.<\/p>\n<h2>Here&#8217;s our 5 resources:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/plan-your-novel-like-a-pro-and-have-fun-doing-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Plan Your Novel Like A Pro<\/em><\/a> (comes with a bonus digital workbook)<\/li>\n<li>Plan Your Novel <a href=\"https:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/p\/30daywc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">course<\/a> by the same name<\/li>\n<li>With <strong>coaching<\/strong> as an add-on. (More about coaching with Beth <a href=\"https:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/p\/one-on-one-coaching-call-with-beth-barany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.)<\/li>\n<li>Read the short <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2019\/03\/06\/8-tips-planning-novel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post version here<\/a><\/li>\n<li>its ebook version is $0.99 &#8212; <em><a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/7essentialkeys\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 Essential Keys to Planning For Novel<\/a><\/em>, available at many vendors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>ABOUT BETH BARANY<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022_02-Beth-Barany-image_2020_06-23-copy.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-24956\" title=\"Beth Barany is an award-winning novelist, master neurolinguistic programming practitioner, podcaster of How To Write The Future, and certified creativity coach for writers.\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/2022_02-Beth-Barany-image_2020_06-23-copy-300x300.png\" alt=\"Beth Barany is an award-winning novelist, master neurolinguistic programming practitioner, podcaster of How To Write The Future, and certified creativity coach for writers.\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Beth Barany is an award-winning novelist, master neurolinguistic programming practitioner, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/2012061\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">podcaster<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of How To Write The Future, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and certified creativity coach for writers. She specializes in helping writers experience clarity, so they can write, revise, and proudly publish their novels to the delight of their readers. Her courses are packed with useful hands-on information that you can implement right away. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Her transformational consulting sessions help you step into the author life you want with ease and joy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">She runs an <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/school.bethbarany.com\/p\/home\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">online school for fiction writers<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including a 12-month group coaching <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/coaching.bethbarany.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">program<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to help them develop an editing practice and get published.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More resources on publishing, book marketing, and novel writing are on her blog, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">for and by creative writers,<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/bethb.net\/pynprowfz\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Writer&#8217;s Fun Zone<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. When she&#8217;s not helping writers, Beth writes <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/bethb.net\/pynprobbauthor\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">magical tales of romance, mystery, and adventure<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0 that empower women and girls to be the heroes of their own lives. For fun, Beth loves walking her hilly neighborhood, puttering in her garden, and watching YouTube videos about the space industry. Beth lives in Oakland, California with her husband, Ezra Barany, also a novelist, and their cats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year for the last 23 years, many writers commit to this crazy\/amazing\/brilliant {free} community and world-wide challenge that is NaNoWriMo. 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