The cliché is that everyone has a novel inside them, and that very may well be true — I think another truism, however, is that oftentimes that novel is going to stay inside of them. Writing a full-length manuscript is a taxing exercise in endurance. One need only to look at the discarded remains of NaNoWriMo manuscripts to realize that writing a book is tough. Forget about publishing — just getting it out of you is like wringing water from a dry sponge.
Which is why, after another abandoned attempt to complete NaNoWriMo, I set up a different challenge for myself: I would write up a 60,000 word novel* in two months. 1,000 words a day — how hard could that be?
The answer: pretty hard. But not impossible. Here’s how I did it and how you can do it, too. Remember though, the point of this exercise is not to create a full-fledged book in a month. This merely gives you something to work with. It’s a way to get all of your ideas on paper, see what works and fix what doesn’t and show yourself that you can get that novel out.
With that in mind, read on.
Read more at Medium.
Which is why, after another abandoned attempt to complete NaNoWriMo, I set up a different challenge for myself: I would write up a 60,000 word novel* in two months. 1,000 words a day — how hard could that be?
The answer: pretty hard. But not impossible. Here’s how I did it and how you can do it, too. Remember though, the point of this exercise is not to create a full-fledged book in a month. This merely gives you something to work with. It’s a way to get all of your ideas on paper, see what works and fix what doesn’t and show yourself that you can get that novel out.
With that in mind, read on.
Read more at Medium.
