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Brave the Page
Brave the Page | National Novel Writing Month
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The official NaNoWriMo handbook that inspires young people to tackle audacious goals and complete their creative projects. Partly a how-to guide on the nitty-gritty of writing, partly a collection of inspiration to set (and meet) ambitious goals, Brave the Page is the go-to resource for middle-grade writers. Narrated in a fun, refreshingly kid-friendly voice, it champions NaNoWriMo's central mission that everyone's stories deserve to be told. The volume includes chapters on character, plot, setting, and the like; motivating essays from popular authors; advice on how to commit to your goals; a detailed plan for writing a novel or story in a month; and more! National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that believes in the transformational power of creativity. They provide the structure, community, and encouragement to help people find their voices, achieve creative goals, and build new worlds--on and off the page. With its first event in 1999, the organization's programs now include National Novel Writing Month in November, Camp NaNoWriMo, the Young Writers Program, Come Write In, and the "Now What?" Months.
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wanderinglynn
Brave the Page | National Novel Writing Month
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I don‘t have an ending, or enough of a middle. I need to do a ton of editing. Maybe go back and outline. Flesh out characters. Work on the world building. Redraft several sections.

But right now I am celebrating because I hit 50000 words! 🍾🥂 🎉 Huzzah! 🎉

#NaNoWriMo2021 #NaNoWriMo

erinreads That‘s amazing! Congratulations! 💕 2y
wanderinglynn Thank you @erinreads ☺️ 2y
Roary47 Yay! Congratulations!!🎉🍾 2y
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Chrissyreadit 🙌😘🎉😘🙌 2y
wanderinglynn Thanks @Roary47 ☺️ 2y
Nessavamusic Congratulations! 2y
RaeLovesToRead Huzzah!!!!! Well done 😁😁🎉🎉🎉🎉 2y
brittanyreads Yes!!! Big congrats! 2y
wanderinglynn @RaeLovesToRead thank you! ☺️ 2y
wanderinglynn @BrittanyReads thanks! ☺️ 2y
JessClark78 Congratulations! 2y
TheSpineView Wow! You go girl!🥳🥳🥳 2y
Lindy 🏆 2y
damselsgotballs That's great! Congratulations🥂🎉 2y
Allydanielle88 That's awesome, congratulations 2y
llwheeler Congrats!! 2y
eeclayton Congrats! 👏🎉🥳 2y
BookmarkTavern Woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉🍾🎉🎉🎉 2y
wanderinglynn Thank you @TheSpineView ☺️ 2y
wanderinglynn @Bookwormjillk thanks! ☺️ 2y
wanderinglynn Thank you @Lindy ☺️ 2y
wanderinglynn @damselsgotballs thank you! ☺️ 2y
wanderinglynn @llwheeler thanks! ☺️ 2y
wanderinglynn Thank you @eeclayton ☺️ 2y
wanderinglynn @ozma.of.oz thank you! ☺️ 2y
j9brown Awesome, congrats! That's huge!! 🥳 2y
wanderinglynn Thanks @j9brown ☺️ 2y
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wanderinglynn
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#NaNoWriMo day 18: I hit 40k words tonight 🎉
Over 80% of the way to 50k. Huzzah!

If I only knew where this story was going, what the big conflict scene is to be, and how it will all end, I‘d be in great shape. 🤣🤣🤣

LiteraryinLawrence What an awesome accomplishment! 2y
TheAromaofBooks Well, you know that they say writing is a process!! 😂 It's pretty awesome that you've come this far!!! 2y
TheSpineView Wahoo! 🥳🥳🥳 2y
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BookDadGirlDad I don't know if you and @Awk_Word_Smith are inspiring me or making me jealous! 😁😁😁 2y
Awk_Word_Smith @BookDadGirlDad Inspire! Inspire! Inspire! (When I don‘t have time to write—which is most of the time—I have a thousand journals that I keep ideas in. When I‘m ready to write or have time, I have a million ideas ready to go.) 2y
wanderinglynn @LiteraryinLawrence thank you! ☺️ 2y
wanderinglynn @TheSpineView thank you! 😘 2y
wanderinglynn @BookDadGirlDad INSPIRED! You can do it! 🙌🏻 I do what @Awk_Word_Smith does & carry a small notebook to jot thoughts, observations, & ideas down. 2y
BookDadGirlDad @wanderinglynn what tracking program is this and do you use a "novel writing" software? @Awk_Word_Smith , same question to you.... 2y
wanderinglynn @BookDadGirlDad The image is screen shots from NaNoWriMo.org. You can use their website to keep track of your word count (and earn the badges!). Other features include a stopwatch, buddies, groups, a forum with a slew of topics. For writing, I use Scrivener (https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/). (edited) 2y
BookDadGirlDad @wanderinglynn I had it in my mind Scrivener was much more $$$$ than that..... 2y
Awk_Word_Smith @BookDadGirlDad the only time I track my writing is during NaNoWriMo. I just use Google Docs to write since I can use it across all my devices. 2y
BookDadGirlDad @Awk_Word_Smith @wanderinglynn Thanks. I have yWriter7 (free software) and have tinkered with it. I guess step 1 is really deciding to WRITE. 2y
wanderinglynn @BookDadGirlDad And NaNo participants get a discount with code NANOWRIMO21. There are also others: https://nanowrimo.org/offers 2y
wanderinglynn @BookDadGirlDad you got this! 🙌🏻🎉 If time is an issue, schedule yourself to write 10 minutes or 100 words a day. That small goal will quickly add up! 2y
BookDadGirlDad @wanderinglynn "If time is an issue....." That would be #1!!! 3 kids under 8, crazy working hours, etc. I'm surprised I read as much as I do 2y
Nute Pure awesomeness! 2y
wanderinglynn @BookDadGirlDad 3 under 8 is a lot! 2y
wanderinglynn @Nute thanks! ☺️ 2y
BookmarkTavern Woohoo! 🎉🎉🎉🍾🎉🎉🎉 2y
wanderinglynn Thanks @ozma.of.oz ☺️ 2y
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wanderinglynn
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w00t! 🎉 I hit 25k words today! I‘m over halfway! 🎉

Plus I got a bingo on #NaNoBingo21! And since one of the prompts was #nanoselfie, I thought I‘d share it here.

Thanks Charity for creating this NaNo Bingo board—it‘s rather motivating & a lot of fun to use.

#NaNoWriMo #NaNoWriMo2021 #NaNoWriMo21

Hooked_on_books That‘s awesome! 🥳 2y
AlaMich Go you!!! 2y
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Smrloomis Yes!!! Good for you! 🤩🥳 2y
Bookwormjillk Great job Lynn! 2y
wanderinglynn Thank you @Smrloomis ☺️ 2y
RaeLovesToRead Awesome! Well done!!! 2y
wanderinglynn Thank you @RaeLovesToRead ☺️ 2y
Crazeedi Whoohoo!!!👏👏🎉🎉 2y
wanderinglynn Thank you @Crazeedi ☺️ 2y
SheReadsAndWrites 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2y
BiblioLitten 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2y
jb72 Awesome job! 2y
Ruthiella Well done! 👏👏👏 2y
Charityann Congrats! I love how you used typewriter emojis for bingo chips.😄 2y
wanderinglynn Thank you @jb72 ☺️ 2y
wanderinglynn Thank you @Ruthiella ☺️ 2y
Awk_Word_Smith ❤️ it!!! 2y
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wanderinglynn
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#NaNoWriMo Day 5: 7213 words so far. I‘m a bit more than 1000 words behind schedule, but I plan to make that up this weekend. Plus, I have a 4-day weekend coming up next week. So my goal is to get ahead of the curve since I‘m going out of town Thanksgiving weekend.

How‘s everyone else doing? 📝🖋💻

RaeLovesToRead Super well done!!!! I've only done 1500 words *hides in the corner* BUT! I've just turned on the laptop so this might be when the magic starts!!!! 2y
wanderinglynn @RaeLovesToRead 1500 is an awesome start! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Sometimes the hardest part is just getting that first sentence or first paragraph out. You got this! 🙌🏻 2y
RaeLovesToRead Thanks! 😊 I think the problem was starting again. I opened up my document on Day 1 and decided it wasn't worth continuing... so I chucked away 16,000 words and started again. Better luck this time hopefully! 2y
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bibliobard I haven‘t had a chance to write today — but so far I have been on track and plan to do some good sprints this evening and this weekend. 2y
BookmarkTavern Fallen behind a little, and I hope to do some makeup this weekend. I‘m definitely not going to get a lot of writing done next week! 😂 2y
wanderinglynn @bibliobard fantastic! 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
wanderinglynn @ozma.of.oz the important thing is you are writing. It doesn‘t matter if you write 10 words or 1000. 🙌🏻☺️ 2y
BookmarkTavern That‘s what I keep telling myself! 👍🏻👍🏻 2y
TK-421 I finally hit 5k yesterday! Didn‘t get much done since a friend was visiting but I‘m hoping the rest of the weekend goes better 2y
wanderinglynn @TK-421 awesome! 🙌🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y
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wanderinglynn
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w00t! Starting off #NaNoWriMo strong with 1880 words on day 1! 🎉

It‘s going to be a busy month. So let‘s see if I can keep the momentum going through 50k.

Who else is doing NaNoWriMo?

erank58 Good luck!! I've attempted and miserably failed for 3 years in a row now 🤣 2y
wanderinglynn @erank58 thanks! I‘ve participated every year for the last 13 years. But I‘ve only “won” 3 times. 😉 So keep at it! 2y
Roary47 I‘m going to try. 😵💛 2y
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wanderinglynn @Roary47 you can do it! 🙌🏻 2y
LibrarianRyan yeahhhh 2y
Branwen WOW! Great job! 👏💕📚 2y
Jess_Franzino Yay! Congrats! I‘m doing NaNo too. 2y
wanderinglynn @Jess_Franzino yay! 🙌🏻 2y
BookmarkTavern Woohoo! 🎉🎉 2y
wanderinglynn Thanks @ozma.of.oz ☺️ 2y
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wanderinglynn
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I can‘t believe it‘s less than a week until November 1!

Is anyone else doing NaNoWriMo 2021? 🖋⌨️✏️

If so, would you be interested in having a Litsy NaNo writing group? Maybe do some virtual write-ins? Or actually hold some group discussions on plotting, scenes, dialogue, feedback, etc?

#NaNoWriMo21 #NaNoWriMo

JamieArc I‘m thinking about it, and accountability always helps! 2y
jessinikkip Im going to try and do Nano this year again and see how it goes. 2y
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slategreyskies I‘ve been thinking about it. I‘ve tried multiple times and never come close to finishing, but maybe this year could be different. I‘ve never had anyone to be accountable to… 2y
wanderinglynn @slategreyskies you can do it! 🙌🏻 2y
Roary47 It‘s hard for me in November because of Science fair submissions, but I‘m interested in writing a book idea this year for it. 2y
BookmarkTavern I‘m giving it a shot! I haven‘t done one in a while, so I‘m not sure how it‘s going to go! 2y
wanderinglynn @ozma.of.oz yay! 🙌🏻 2y
TK-421 👋 I‘m doing Nano! The Litsy Campers writing group is still up & running on the Nano site if you‘re interested in getting some discussion started there 2y
wanderinglynn @TK-421 awesome! I will check it out. 👍🏻 2y
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Charityann
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Didn‘t get a ton of words in this week, but I did get a bingo!👩🏻‍💻✍🏼😃 #nanobingo19 #nanowrimo2019 #writersoflitsy

TK-421 Yay! Congratulations on the bingo! 👏👏👏 4y
Charityann @TK-421 Thanks!😊 4y
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pyjamaviking
Brave the Page | National Novel Writing Month
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1. Brave The Page 9780451480293 #bravethepage #nanowrimo

2. Discovering the awesomeness that is Viva Pinata for Xbox!

3. More Viva Pinata, probably some Fortnite and GTAV.

4.Two. Both my parents had one older brother.

5. Cool!

#friyayintro

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TK-421
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It‘s #Nanowrimo Double-Up Donation Day! I didn‘t come anywhere close to doubling up my daily word count... I barely wrote at all because life stuff happened, but I did donate! I‘ve got the rest of the weekend to get back on track so I‘m not worried yet.

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dylanisreading
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I‘ve been pretty quiet recently because I was going through a mild depression (anhedonia was one of the symptoms). I‘m coming out of it and preparing for #NaNoWriMo now. Here‘s a pick of my workspace. Not pictured is our new rescue doggo sleeping on the guest bed on the other side of the room. 😂

Anyone else gearing up for next month?

Jerdencon Hope you continue to feel better! 5y
ravenlee Good luck on surfacing from the depression. And lots of luck for NaNoWriMo! 5y
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