It’s almost time for Nanowrimo! The competition where you win if you managed to finish off a (50,000 word) novel in the month of November. They are now accepting registrations so if you’ve ever felt that you might have a novel inside of you, sign up and maybe find out! It may seem like a lot of words, but it’s only just over 3 pages/day. For a lot of people, just giving up evening telly would make enough time to do that. The idea anyway is to aim for volume not perfection. You can edit away much easier when you’ve actually got stuff to edit and writer’s block is safely dispensed with… and it will give you something to do over January and February! :-)

Joining up with a friend is the best way of getting support, but there’s heaps to be had on the Nanowrimo forums and they even have a Radio show!

Simon Haynes, a science fiction writer, has developed a few tools including the free yWriter software which helps you break down your writing tasks into doable chunks. He’s also got some neat forms to help you keep to your Nanowrimo goals.

If you’re looking for help on your technique, check to see if you have a local community writing centre that runs courses or else try the online courses at Writers Village, they charge a subscription fee and then you can do as many or as little courses as you want. I’ve done some in the past, the variety is huge and they’re quite fun.

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