One year ago, I finished reading Chris Baty’s No Plot? No Problem!. His words were motivational and I was inspired, ready to tackle the remains of the rough draft of my first novel.
Then I got to thinking about how wonderful NaNoWriMo is, how many lives it touches and what it does for the world. It encourages people to unlock their imaginations and author 50,000 words in a month.
There are tons of critics out there that say NaNoWriMo produces nothing but garbage. I disagree with such a generalized opinion, but it only seemed natural that there should be a variant that emphasises consistency over quantity. So I came up with the Novel-Push Initiative (NPI).
Consistency really is tough. Writing every day can sometimes be a tall order, even for professional authors.
NPI is about writing 250 words (or more) each day, every day, for a month. As simple as it sounds, it never is.
The very first Novel-Push Initiative happened right here last March and was what I would call a success, teaching us innumerable lessons about our craft.
So I pose the question– Are you ready for the next NPI?
If so, sign up here. More information to follow!
I’m going to start editing ‘the book’ within the next couple of weeks, so if I do NPI I will be straying from that.
On the flip-side, it will allow me to jump into my next novel which I was planning on approaching more towards the middle of the year.
We’ll see.
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Comment by Ryan G. Sanders — February 13, 2010 @ 1:46 pm
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Comment by Merrilee Faber — February 13, 2010 @ 4:20 pm
Short Fiction counts too! xD
This NPI will be less strict than the one last March. I just want to encourage people (especially myself, lol) to keep plugging away at our WIPs.
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Comment by Nick Enlowe — February 13, 2010 @ 9:12 pm
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Comment by Merrilee Faber — February 13, 2010 @ 10:11 pm
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Comment by Merrilee Faber — February 13, 2010 @ 10:11 pm
So I say huzzah for redemption, accountabilty, motivation and a big heaping helping of anti-procrastination juice.
I’m in!
PS working title is Starstruck. Genre is sorta kinda space opera, but not really. See above comment re knotty plotting
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Comment by Janette — February 13, 2010 @ 10:28 pm
I’m game for the NPI.
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That sounds sour, but I mean it sincerely. I need to start writing my way forward, b/c rejections are pushing me back and down.
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