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How to Schedule Your NaNoWriMo Writing Time for Success

October 30, 2014 By Martha Alderson

The idea of thousands and thousands of writers writing together as one beginning in just a couple of days is sublime.

Many of you will use the support of other writers to keep you writing. Others will take daily walks. Some will plot as you write. Others have detailed Plot Planners at the ready as you write, every word a joy. I give thanks for journey we travel together.

NaNoWriMo Schedule:

11/1 – 11/7 — Write the Beginning 1/4 of your story
11/7 — Write the End of the Beginning scene
11/8 — 11/14 Write the 1st 1/2 of the Middle
11/14 — Write the Recommitment scene
11/15 — 11/21 Write the 2nd 1/2 of the Middle
11/21 — Write the Crisis
11/22 — 11/28 Write the End 1/4
11/27 — Write the Climax
11/28 — Write the Resolution
11/29 — 11/30 Catch-up

(NOTE: For now, don’t worry about your plot or if you’re starting in the right place or any of the details. We’ll get to that in December. For now, give yourself permission to completely give yourself to writing your story.)


For plot help before, during and after writing a novel in a month, take my Plot Whisperer books along: 

1)  The Plot Whisperer Workbook: Step-by-step Exercises to Help You Create Compelling Stories
2)  The Plot Whisperer: Secrets of Story Structure Any Writer Can Master
3)  The Plot Whisperer Book of Writing Prompts: Easy Exercises to Get You Writing.
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To continue writing and revising (and, lots of writers are finding PlotWriMo the exact right resource to help pre-plot for a powerful first draft. Knowing what to look for in a revision helps create a tighter first draft):

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  • PlotWriMo: Revise Your Novel in a Month

 ~~ View your story in an entirely new light. Recharge your energy and enthusiasm for your writing. 8 videos (5.5 hours)+ 30 exercises

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