NaNoWriMo 2016

NaNoWriMo 2016

30 days, one novel

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  • BluesClues Thu Dec 01, 2016 11:50 pm Last reply Fri Dec 02, 2016 12:03 am

    NaNoWriMo is over! Time for everyone's TGIO parties. In the meantime, let me know: where'd you end up? Did you win? Did you get further than you'd ever dreamed…

  • StellaThomas Tue Nov 01, 2016 6:19 pm Last reply Thu Dec 01, 2016 12:23 am

    Drop in here and let us know what your word count for the day, and overall is!

  • crossroads Sat Nov 19, 2016 6:22 pm

    For today's challenge, include the words "never", "somehow", "blue" and "established" in your writing— in whichever way you'd like.

  • crossroads Fri Nov 18, 2016 9:43 pm

    And for today's challenge… Have someone spill a secret! How does it affect the character who did it? The character(s) who learned it, the character(s) it's may…

  • crossroads Thu Nov 17, 2016 11:16 pm

    Everyone fears something. Why not focus on one of your characters' fear today, be it one they overcame or one they're yet to face?

  • crossroads Thu Nov 17, 2016 2:26 am

    The end of the month is halfway there! Regardless of how many words you've written so far, take today to just write as much as you can. Be sure to join us for …

  • crossroads Wed Nov 16, 2016 4:49 pm Last reply Thu Nov 17, 2016 12:58 am

    Ask another person (on YWS or otherwise) to come up with a simple character idea, and try to include them in your novel. They don't need to be given a big role…

  • crossroads Tue Nov 15, 2016 5:18 pm

    YWS Birthday Fun! Share a birthday related memory of one of your characters in your writing today.

  • crossroads Sun Nov 13, 2016 3:45 pm

    Sorry, Day Twelve got missing! It was mostly because yours truly was busy and her mind got slippery, but for the sake of fitting with today's challenge, let's …

  • crossroads Fri Nov 11, 2016 5:23 pm

    Today, let's think about choices! They shape the plot as well as the characters, and everyone constantly makes them. What would've happened if, at some point, …

  • crossroads Thu Nov 10, 2016 6:57 pm

    *drumroll* The Turning Point. They sometimes say, 25-30% of the way through a story is when the turning point brings on the rest of the plot. Has yours happene…

  • crossroads Wed Nov 09, 2016 7:03 pm

    Senses — all five [and possibly more] of them — are what everyone experiences the world through. Today in your writing, try focusing on a sense or a few that y…

  • crossroads Tue Nov 08, 2016 6:16 pm

    Today's challenge comes a bit late (sorry about that), but it's a fun one! Write, and post and link to if you'd like, a scene that happens at some point in you…

  • crossroads Mon Nov 07, 2016 10:40 am

    We've made it through week one! Some of you might already be halfway through, and still going strong. Others, like myself, might have had too much life stuff t…

  • crossroads Sun Nov 06, 2016 3:06 pm

    Yesterday, we focused a bit on politics, and their impact on our stories. Today I ask you, how about beliefs? Be it a religious system or faith in oneself or e…



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