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Tag: NaNoWriMo

Need a Word Count Tracker?

November 16, 2018 Alison Potoma

I’m directing a play at school and have been at rehearsals every day this week until late. Please enjoy this ever-popular post from NaNoWriMo 2016.

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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 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 felt like you’re writing

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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 Dana Nuenighoff

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

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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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