(source: smarter collaboration)
Hello
WriMo’s!
So
I’ve had a very long and unusual weekend. It started off with buying a present
for a friend, went onto getting as drunk as a skunk and ending up all over
Facebook in all my glory… and then came some pretty great conversations, a new
good friend, and saying goodbye to an old one.
Basically,
I’m emotionally spent and ready to share this week’s NaNoWriMo related posts,
which will hopefully make up for the fact that Saturday Synergy has suddenly
become Sunday Synergy.
Oh
well.
So
here’s the NaNo compilation. Also, stick around for the BLOG AWARDS!
General
J.D.Mader
shares how he climbed the Mt.
Everest for writers.
@4KidLit:
Which
came first: plot or character?
@Kim_Wright_W
reveals why
she’s doing NaNoWriMo this year.
Joel
Friedlander reveals how NaNoWriMo
is a rite of passage for any aspiring writer.
@12books12months
poses the decade long question: to
NaNo or not to Nano.
@Amanda_Rudd
gets to the bottom of it. We’re
all masochists at heart.
Entertainment
THE
NANOWRIMO SONG captures the essence of NaNo. Fun!
Daniel
Swensen (@surlymuse) uses 80’s movies’ quotes to take on NaNo.
SarahKetley
shares yet another deadly writing sin: re-reading
your work.
There
are so
many holidays in November! By @HaraStrife.
Resources
NaNoWriMo’s
young writer program provides free
workbooks for the youngsters.
NaNo
for the New and the Insane: FREE
EBOOK BY Lazette Gifford (@LazetteG).
Nanowrimo
cheat sheet via Alexandra Sokoloff.
Don’t
miss out on these colorful
NaNo desktops via @imaginepageant.
Awesomely
amusing NaNo wallpaper
by @surlymuse.
NaNo PREP!
Some
basic NaNo
prep before November by @indigospider.
JCRosen
shares how
she prepares for NaNoWriMo. (Excellent suggestions.)
@upandonmyway
shares some useful links and tips.
Great
resources
for nano prep via @carolynecooper.
Writing Aids
Write or Die and 750 words: Great online writing tools. Try them
out!
Alexandra
Sokoloff’s NaNo workshop. Part
1: story.
An
ingenious approach to plotting by using
a Rubik’s cube.
Kate
Brown gives advice on mind-mapping one’s
plot. (via Vision: Resource for Writers)
@JAHite
blogs a bunch of writing
prompts if you ever get stuck on NaNo ideas.
Donations
Also,
for those who’d like to give to the OLL, you can fundraise
for donations!
NaNo links
Lisa_Bouchard’s
upcoming posts
and resources.
Carrie
Mumford’s list
of NaNo links and resources.
Some
links
and resources to consider before diving into NaNo via @easilyamused.
Some
useful
links from WriMo @elizabethscraig.
And
finally, I’m happy to give out the first batch of WriMo’s FTW BLOG AWARDS. But
first, here are the rules of the game…
1.
Thank the award-giver and link back to them in your post.
2.
Share three things about your NaNo story.
3.
Pass the award along to five other NaNo bloggers.
4.
Contact your chosen winners to let them know about the award.
And
here are the five people I’ve chosen this week:
And
here’s your award, NaNo bloggers extraordinaire!
Thanks for all the work you put into collecting these! Super-helpful in easing the nervousness of this particular first-timer. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm loving your collection of resources! I was going to put together something like this for my blog readers, but your lists are fantastic. So instead, I'm sending them to you. : ) http://bit.ly/mZwOGf
ReplyDelete~Debbie
You're welcome. I'm very happy I could help! And don't be nervous. The WriMos FTW community is here to support and ease the nerves. *hugs*
ReplyDeleteThanks for the shout-out, Debbie! I am so happy you found the resources helpful. My own NaNo experiences were always solitary, so I decided to dive right in this year and share it with everyone else. It's so nice to have WriMos-in-crime. :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for including me in this awesome round up! As a NaNo newbie, this is a suuuuper helpful round-up.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Carrie! Good luck with NaNo, you'll do great. :O)
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