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It’s almost NaNoWriMo time! If you’ve never heard of it before, that’s National Novel Writing Month<\/a>. The aim is to write 50,000 words during November, which will hopefully form the first draft of your novel.<\/p>\n

I’ve gone down the rabbit hole which is the internet and emerged, bleary-eyed and cramped, with my top tips for NaNoWriMo<\/a>. I hope you find them useful!<\/p>\n

After so much reading about NaNoWriMo I almost feel inspired to have a go myself, but not quite inspired enough to actually<\/em> have a go. After reading tales from the coalface – people who work 60-hour weeks and look after kids and pets and elderly relatives and pursue other hobbies and still find time to hit the 50,000-word target – I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m a wuss. One thing I do have, however, is this:<\/p>\n

\"712<\/a><\/p>\n

I bought it on impulse earlier in the year and the pages are still virgin. If I can at least write in that<\/em> every day during November, I’ll consider my writerly itch scratched.<\/p>\n

On the shore of a different creative sea, I’ve started sketching out this year’s Christmas card. It involves a lot of snow, and I’ve run out of masking fluid, so I’m wondering whether I can get away with a blank piece of paper (it’s a very<\/em> snowy scene).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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