Introducing a new Substack to help you draft your novel in November
Even though the annual November writeathon known as NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is no longer a thing,* you can still get started on that novel in November. A new Substack is here to help you out.
Introducing First Draft November, a new writing challenge for aspiring novelists.
Continue reading “No more NaNoWriMo? No problem! Write that novel anyway”My venture into novel writing: ‘like driving a car at night’
When I rebooted this blog last January, along with my intent to get back into fiction writing, I had in the back of my mind the idea that I would work on a novel in November.
For many years now, I’ve had a couple of ideas for novels rolling around in my brain like loose marbles, and a few months ago I decided November would be the best time to start putting one of them down in writing. I’d written several short stories by then, had had a few published, and had gotten in the groove of thinking like a writer, so why not? Plus, November is NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month), and what better time to start than then, along with scores of other wannabe novelists who share my dreams and my pain?
Continue reading “Works in progress”
Andy writes! 