Saturday, October 07, 2006

The NaNo Book

Earlier this year, I went to Chris Baty, the head of NaNoWriMo, with a plan to put together some articles, helpful tips and previous posts into a single PDF booklet. The result is NaNo for the New and the Insane, which I am giving away for free. Below is a small version of the cover, and a copy of the Table of Contents

If you would like a copy, email me at zette@cableone.net

You will need the Free Adobe Acrobat Reader in order to open, read or print the file.

I am looking for some place to take this where people will be able to download it themselves. I can't afford to do it on any of my sites and run up the bandwidth. In the mean time, I will personally email the copies to people as quickly as I can.

This book may or may not help you, but you never know what little thing somewhere in it might spark just the sort of thing you need to get through NaNo.

Besides, I included Author versus Character (the Poodle Wooves story) from the boards last year.

Have fun!




INTRODUCTION TO THE INSANITY

What is this Madness?

The First Step in a Crazy Journey

How to Go Crazy Once a Year

Why I Wrote This Book

The NaNo Question for Zette

An Interview with Chris Baty,


PREPARING FOR NANO

Attitude

Challenges

Pre-Writing Work and NaNo

Outlining for Fun

Phase Outlines and NaNo

Characters and Other Nuisances

The Time and the Place

The Last Steps to Getting Ready!


FORUMS, BLOGS AND WEBSITES

Forums are Good -- and Evil

Posting Fiction on Open Boards

Forward Motion and Other Writing Sites

Helpful Sites


GOALS AND KEEPING THEM
The Actual Writing

Four Steps for Working up Openings

Easy Daily Goals: Moving Ahead with the Story

A Different Goal: Moving up the List

Almost Random Events

Keep Writing to The End

Don’t Stress

Why Do You Bother?

It's Not Your Fault If They Quit

Prolific Writers and NaNo


THE AFTER NANO BLUES

Writing for Publication -- and the Dread of Editing

"It's a dull word," she said.

Hints from a Small Time Publisher

The Question of Publication


JUST FOR FUN

The Angst of Hero Naming

Author versus Character

A Few Books on Writing

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