Comments on: This Month, We Write IN HELL—To NaNo or Not to NaNo https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/10/this-month-we-write-in-hell-to-nano-or-not-to-nano/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Sun, 09 Nov 2014 18:59:54 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.8 By: Second Serving Sunday: Words, Words, Words Edition! | shanjeniah https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/10/this-month-we-write-in-hell-to-nano-or-not-to-nano/#comment-53050 Sun, 09 Nov 2014 18:59:54 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16343#comment-53050 […] Lamb’s Blog, we take a tour of NaNo prep with…To NaNo or Not to NaNo?;The More You Know, The Less I Have To; and Write a Terrific […]

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]]> By: November Approaches - NaNoWriMo - Book-in-a-Week https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/10/this-month-we-write-in-hell-to-nano-or-not-to-nano/#comment-53047 Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:04:52 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16343#comment-53047 […] funny and insightful. Her NaNo posts are all about inspiration, and there are several. In This Month, We Write IN HELL—To NaNo or Not to NaNo she tackles whether or not you should participate, to which she gives a resounding yes, citing that […]

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]]> By: shanjeniah https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/10/this-month-we-write-in-hell-to-nano-or-not-to-nano/#comment-53045 Thu, 30 Oct 2014 06:14:14 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16343#comment-53045 I completed my first NaNo in 2010. My children were 8 and 5, and my goal was to finish without utterly disrupting our family rhythm.

I squeaked by, at just over 50K and with my family still intact. Rousing success!

I had nothin’ in 2011. I can’t remember why.

In 2012, I had a vague idea to use Hamlet quotes as chapter titles. Yup, that was the extent of my planning – I shudder to think of those 38K of autobiographical angst before a little girl showed up and took over. I dealt with a lot of deep seated personal stuff…and eventually got a story that’s creeping through revision (my first planned revision; I will get faster!).

Last year, I plotted in an open-ended way – and I completed a 123K word draft. It will need some attention, but it’s far and away the tightest, most cohesive draft I’ve ever written, and it was FUN!

This year’s NaNo is plotted and waiting for Saturday. I’m going to finish the draft, and it’s going to be awesome raw material – I can already feel it…

And, after all this time, my kids (now older) and husband know what NaNo means, and are willing to adjust to accommodate my plans. I try to make October and December special, too, so that they’re not losing me…

May the troubles in your life smooth, and happy NaNoing!

]]> By: rosesscott https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/10/this-month-we-write-in-hell-to-nano-or-not-to-nano/#comment-53044 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:40:25 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16343#comment-53044 Hmm. My first novel is being typeset right now. It took around 12 years to write. Maybe I’ll try NaNoWriMo next month and see if I can’t get the second one finished a little quicker!

]]> By: jebjork https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/10/this-month-we-write-in-hell-to-nano-or-not-to-nano/#comment-53043 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 13:37:34 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16343#comment-53043 NaNo thought me to finish a novel for the first time. To take an idea and stick with it to the end. Of my seven attempts so far, there is only one that I felt happy enough with to edit afterwards, but it’s all part of the learning process. This year in the ‘downtime’ between NaNos I wrote another novel, albeit at a slower pace, but I finished it and most of the time it didn’t feel that difficult. It would never have happened without NaNoWriMo.

]]> By: samanthaeh76 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/10/this-month-we-write-in-hell-to-nano-or-not-to-nano/#comment-53042 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 02:43:05 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16343#comment-53042 I am NaNoing for the first time, for my first project. I am TERRIFIED.

]]> By: barbex https://authorkristenlamb.com/2014/10/this-month-we-write-in-hell-to-nano-or-not-to-nano/#comment-53041 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 05:17:45 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=16343#comment-53041 I’m so pumped for NaNo!
I did it last year and actually won. I still don’t quite know how I did that, I had no time?

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