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Tag: NaNoWriMo

Need a Word Count Tracker?

November 16, 2018 Alison Potoma

I participated in NaNoWriMo this year, knowing full well that I was not going to make the 50,000 word goal. I write on average, according

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Sharpen Your Skills with Odyssey Online

November 13, 2018 Marianne Knowles

Need to revise your NaNoWriMo novel in January? Do your descriptions leave you flat? Is your character hiding his/her/its emotional truth? Try an online course

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Going the Distance

November 10, 2017 Alumni & Guests

By Carrie Charley Brown Have you ever felt like you’re writing in circles? Have you ever felt like you’re writing in circles? Have you ever

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The Plotter, Pantsed

January 13, 2017 Alumni & Guests

  By Dianna Sanchez Recently, I baked banana cookies. I was doing a series of posts on holiday recipes because my book, A Witch’s Kitchen,

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So You Didn’t Win #NaNoWriMo

December 9, 2016 Alumni & Guests

By Dana Nuenighoff With end of November last week, many people in the writing community struggled with finishing their 50K word goal for NaNoWriMo. If

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Revising Your NaNoWriMo Mess-terpiece

January 23, 2015 Alumni & Guests

By Heather Fenton If you, like me, participated in the highly-focused, highly-caffeinated National Novel Writing Month this past November, hopefully you have a 50,000 word

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November Word Wars: NaNoWriMo and PiBoIdMo

November 1, 2013 Alumni & Guests

By Jen Malone November is upon us: jumping in leaf piles, watching football, inhaling turkey, and trying to ignore all those “XX Shopping Days Until

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