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How to Win NaNoWriMo This Year
Three strategies to build your daily writing habit and reach the end of your story
I think we could all use a win right about now.
With a year full of overwhelming confusion, it might feel like writing 50K words of a new novel is the last thing you want to do. But, it might also be the best thing you do all year.
If you’re on the fence about NaNo or you’re in need of that win, here’s how you can build your daily writing habit and finish this year off with a W.
On building a daily writing habit
To reach your finish line, you have to find a way to knock out 1,667 words every day of the month. If that’s not something you do on a daily basis, that can seem overwhelming. But there are ways to beat that inner critic telling you it’s impossible.
Below is an article about how you can find a way to write every day. Consider this: it’s only one month. For thirty days, you can find a way to write these words and cut out the unnecessary bits in your life. Here’s the breakdown of that article:
- set a schedule of when you’ll write and stick to that time. Bonus: keep that time consistent every day so your mind gets used to writing during that time.
