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Prepare for NaNoWriMo:Characters

Prepare for NaNoWriMo Nothing strikes terror into the heart of a writer more than the phrase, “prepare for NaNoWriMo” unless it’s actually taking part in NaNo. What is NaNo? From their website: “National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing.  On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of…

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The dreaded internal editor

I met with someone the other day who brought up an interesting point.  What do you do when you can’t turn off the internal editor?  When she/he is ruining all attempts to get words written? Here’s what I do: Black out your computer screen.  If you can’t see the words, you’ll be less tempted to…

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