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1. NaNoWriMo - Crash Course for Writing a Novel in 30 Days NaNoWriMo is short for "National Novel Writing Month" (the "National" in the title has been rendered obsolete; NaNoWriMo is now a worldwide phenomenon). Every November tens of thousands of people from around the world aim to prod...
2. The Top 5 NaNoWriMo Tools Every November thousands of writers gather together to take part in the world's largest writing contest: The National Novel Writing Month 50,000 Words in 30 Days Contest also known as NaNoWriMo. Myself, I've been doing the contest every year since 20...
3. Creating a Fantasy Realm Are you writing a fantasy novel? Have you joined NaNoWriMo and don't know what to do next? Do you need to know where your characters live? Need help creating that new world? You can find help here! On this lens are some things that I do when creating...
4. Top Ten Writer's Software/Resources I am a writer of articles, short stories, a WIP novel, various blogs, journals and, of course, a Squidoo Lensmistress! Over the years I have collected several.... well, no, make that quite a lot, software applications geared towards writers. Some o...
5. The BEAUTY & THE BEAST (A NaNoWriMo Entry For 2008) This is my lens devoted to the most beautiful love story ever written: The Beauty and The Beast. Here you will find an overview of the story, and info about the many versions that have come out over the years. This lens will also act as my brainsto...
6. Get Motivated! Some days you just don't feel like writing. (or going to work or doing whatever it is you are supposed to be doing.) Some days it takes a lot of pushing and prodding to motivate you, but other days it may only take reading a motivational quote or lo...
7. Writing Topics from A to Z Ever felt writing-obsessed? If you're a writer, most likely you'll identify with that term. We who write are usually thinking or learning about writing when we're not actually doing some writing. I like to write novels, but in my spare time I write...
8. EelKat's NaNoWriMo 2009: Jack's Revenge NaNoWriMo 2009 is upon us. We are now counting down the days to the contest start, and everyone's novel plotting antics are well under way. All across Twitter we see novel plots, character bios, and story outlines being cast left and right. Firs...
9. Get Ready For NaNoWriMo National Novel Writing Month, NaNoWriMo, encourages ordinary people to write a novel during the month of November. The novel must be at least 50,000 words in length, which is short by most novel writing standards. This feat can be accomplished by wri...
10. What Genre is My Vampire Story? You know, I think the #1 question out there, is: What genre is my vampire story? You know what makes me think that? Well, here on the NaNoWriMo forums right now, there are 2 threads asking this question, on the first page of the "Character and...
11. Creating Your Way in the Complicity Universe - or - Complicity Universe - an open content resource for your artistic projects. Write a story so we can read it, code a game so we can play it, or create art so we can go -- wow!   The bones of Complicity Universe were laid for the web fiction...
12. Writing Tips: Horror So you want to write horror, or maybe you started writing some other genre but now you think it may have turned into horror. What is horror? How do you know you are writing it? Every year I join the NaNoWriMo Horror Forum and every year it gets bogg...
13. Narration for Writers Have you ever wondered what's the difference between one type of narration and another? Look no farther, I shall explain them all here.
14. Plotting Zombies I am a total sucker for Paranormal Romance novels... I bet you're wondering where the heck this is going! I also love zombie movies and I've been desperate to write a zombie story for a few years now but I've never tried writing a scary story. When...
15. NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 using EelKat's Methods NaNoWriMo 2009 will be my 5th year at NaNo. So far I've had 4 years and 3 wins and this year I'm going for my fourth win. I failed my first year (2005) ...did like 2,000 before I got bored with my plot. I did 183,000 my second year (2006) ... kind...
16. Novel Writing Months Nanowrimo is a writing challenge that tasks writers with creating a 50,000 word novel during the month of November. This breaks down to writing at least 1,667 words a day. This is a great way to really get your writing juices flowing. The idea is to...
17. What do you look for in a book? Did you ever wonder why readers choose one book or author over another? Looking for more readers to read your own books? Think you might need to improve your writing skills some? Try this writing exercise to improve your own writing skills.
18. Drafts and the Editing Process I'm making this page about editing because, I am in the middle of editing a book, and today I took a break to go chat on a forum with some fellow writers, a few of whom were also there taking breaks from editing a book and before long we got into the...
19. How to Finish that Novel As November looms ahead of us, the prospect of National Novel Writing Month is getting a lot of us excited. Imagine! Writing a whole novel in a month! If you've always wanted to get that novel onto paper, read on. Not only will you be able to finis...
20. Great Writing Resources, Tips, Twitters, and Inspirations This lens is filled with information to help writers develop their craft. Writing is a way of life that many of us cannot live without. A day without writing seems . . . imbalanced, don't you think? You can meet some great writers through Twitter a...