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Learning to be OK with not finishing NaNo

April 5, 2021 / Ellie Winter / 2 Comments

If you’re an indie author involved with other indie writers (or NaNoWriMo in November), you’ve probably heard of Camp Nano taking place in April and July. In honor of that, I wrote about what my process was for deciding to participate last year. And that was to make myself be okay with the possibility of failing. Here’s my story of learning to be OK with not finishing NaNo.

🔔🔔 HEAR YE, HEAR YE! We do hereby declare that you may henceforth announce your Camp NaNoWriMo project for April of this very year, so that you might prepare yourself emotionally, spiritually, and practically for a month of creative abandon. 🔔🔔 https://t.co/FChxSMbZWl
— NaNoWriMo (@NaNoWriMo) March 2, 2021

NaNoWriMo 2019 – Week 1 Down and My “It’s Complicated” Relationship with the Challenge

November 7, 2019 / Ellie Winter / 1 Comment

Can you believe we’re already a week into NaNoWriMo? It’s passing in a bit of a blur so far. This time around I get my best writing in after my daughter goes to bed too. It never ceases to amaze me how much my NaNo experience changes every year.

For those unfamiliar with NaNoWriMo is, it’s a challenge to write a novel in the month of November.
Nation
Novel
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If you participate, you are pledging to attempt to write 50,000 words throughout the month. If you break that into all 30 days, it comes out to 1,667 words/day. At its heart, NaNoWriMo is our kick in the pants to get off our behinds and buckle down on writing.