nanowrimo 2023 prep with me! 👩🏻‍💻☕️ how I plan to write a novel in a month 

That’s such a wonderful way to put it, that you and your characters start the journey together 😍 I guess that’s gonna be me this year, too. And 75k, wow! Looking forward to making progress together! Any tips from your personal experience drafting without an outline? ❤️

@@saraawynnie uhmm advice? Show no fear and don't overthink. 😅It can all be made better on the next time through. I take a few minutes before starting a new session skimming what I just wrote and deciding what could happen next. It gets easier as the days go on. And I always keep a small notebook close when I'm not at the computer. We can do it! 💪

Aah I'll be reading your words every time before a new writing session, thank you! We need to be kind to ourselves, the first draft is never a masterpiece but it's already something @@chriso117 ❤

Thank you so much, friend! 🤗 two projects, wow! How will you be tracking your projects? Wishing you the best luck, we can do this! 💕

@@saraawynnie Thank you so much!! I will use a piece of paper to track the number of words😅 Don't have a computer and Notion doesn't work well on my tablet, so I have to do it the old way

thank you, friend, so happy to have you here!! 🧸🤗🥰

Oh wow, congrats on your amazing progress with your story idea, I’m so honoured that you outlined your novel alongside me, it’s so motivating!! 😍 your story sounds epic, and that title!! you’re gonna have so much fun and feel so many feelings this nanowrimo, I can tell 🤩🥰 I hope I can read it one day, definitely let me know how your progress’s going ❤️ and let’s encourage each other this nanowrimo! We can win!! ✨

@@saraawynnie i wanna give up drafting my novel 😩 nanowrimo is giving me a headache with all that wordcount. i'm literally burnt out. for the first six days, i was so energized for my first nanowrimo, that i wrote 3k words per day. and now, I cannot even write proper 300 words. The worst part is, this novel is a very complex one. with characters living at least 5 lives. which means i need to outline the plot structure for every life, from their meeting, their journey towards magic, murder mystery, tragedy, failure, success, happy ending / sad ending, death, and repeat. i'm burnt out. it's november 8 and my wordcount for today is 247 and my total words are 16922 any tips?

@@skiivenus Hi, friend, thank you so much for reaching out 🤗 I completely relate to your dilemma and I do have a tip, which I hope you'll embrace. My tip is to disregard the word count. I'm actually in the same boat as you, in that my novel is quite complex and I'm constantly plotting and brainstorming in between drafting. This is necessary for this particular story. I think you can enjoy the writerly energy that nanowrimo provides, but without forcing yourself to write words that aren't what you actually want to write. Even though Nanowrimo's main goal is to write 50k, the magic around it is in the fact that you're dedicating yourself to a project for a whole month. So, next time you sit down to write, put on your favourite ambience or music, get your project's dedicated notebook and your favourite pen and dive into your characters' world. You said you need to outline a lot of things and all of them sound really fun to plan, so have fun! Just think "I'm gonna go to a really cool place now" and outline away. Make your new goal to sit down and learn something new about the wonderful story you're writing ❤ another tip I have, if you really want to write something, is to "intuitive write". I mention this in some videos, but it's basically where you just sit down and write longhand anything that makes you excited about your story, anything that you really want to write about the world you're creating. You can give yourself prompts if you want. For example, my main WIP, which I've been intuitive writing for a while now, is set in a snowy place. I love writing about different ways to look at and interpret snow, how it affects different scenes and makes them sharper, or softer, depending on the way I describe it. This is me having fun writing and not caring if I'm writing something that will stay in my book or not, or how many words I'm actually getting on the page. I hope these tips help you ❤ remember, writing a novel is so much more than putting words on the page. The writing process is a long long long marathon, so we should try our best to make it enjoyable - the most important thing is to dedicate time to your story. The rest is a bonus ❤

@@saraawynnie oh my god. thank you so much saraa! i should definetly try that. and you're right i shouldn't be focused on only getting the words done but actually enjoy the process. thank you so much!