Just got this from the Writers Guild in Second Life:
Lynn Viehl's blog, http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/ , contains all sorts of helpful hints and writerly goodness. She recently posted a great NaNoWriMo sort of pep talk. Here is an excerpt:
You're starting today, right? Don't make me get my writer whip.
The first week you spend writing a novel is usually terrific. The idea for your story is new and bright and shiny. You've got all sorts of cool characters to play with on the page. Your energy level is as high as your enthusiasm. This is a wonderful stage in writing a novel, one most of us love because the work doesn't feel like work. It feels like fun.
Next week it's probably going to feel very different, so enjoy these golden days.
This is also the week you can establish some good writing habits to follow for the rest of November. I think the most important one is to resist the urge to repeatedly backread and revise....
The whole thing is at http://pbackwriter.blogspot.com/2009/11/mid-week-nanopost.html (it's currently her latest post but won't be her last to do with NaNoWriMo, count on it).
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I'm having fun using Google Earth as I write my story. My protagonist had to get out of Cheyenne and I like being able to say "she passed the giant cowboy boot and drove under a train trestle" with authority.
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Travels in my backyard: http://travelsinmybackyard.blogspot.com
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Just found this article on writers' methods. Good stuff!
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870374000457451346310601210...
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Travels in my backyard: http://travelsinmybackyard.blogspot.com