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How To Write When You’re Depressed
Forcing yourself to write while you’re depressed can make matters worse. I know because I also live with depression. Over the past year I’ve learned a lot and I want to share those things with you.
How Do You Want to Feel During NaNoWriMo?
In order to win NaNoWriMo, you have to write 50,000 words. Sometimes, this is an excellent way to power through drafting a new story. Other times, it’s a recipe for disaster.
It takes a lot of preparation, energy, and support to write 1,667 words every day of November, and sometimes, it’s just not possible.
When life derails our lofty writer goals, it’s easy to feel like a failure, but that’s just super unhelpful, so I want to invite you to think about NaNoWriMo differently.
Character Development 101: Find Your Protagonist’s Beliefs
The most important thing to know about your book is its point, but once you know your point, you need to find your protagonist’s character arc.
Let’s take a second to discuss why character arc is so important.
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The #1 Thing to Do Before NaNoWriMo: Find Your Novel’s Point
NaNoWriMo is a wonderful way to make rapid progress on your story, to prove to yourself that you’re a writer, and to finally write that damn book!
But the 50,000 words you write for NaNo can sometimes turn into a tangled heap you get snarled inside.
If you plan to participate in NaNoWriMo, there’s one thing I want you to do first: find your novel’s point.