NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo is national novel writing month. It is a challenge to write 50,000 words in thirty days, or an entire novel in the month of november. This comes down to 11,655 words a week. Some famous novels written during NaNoWriMo include: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstein, Cinder, Scarlet, and Cress by Marissa Meyer, and Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell. Obviously, 50,000 words is a big ask for college students, so CreativiTea is encouraging members to set some sort of writing goal for themselves for the month of november. We have a discord channel devoted to it with check ups twice a week to encourage members and keep each other accountable. This challenge is to start a long piece of writing.

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Having trouble getting started?

•Start with an event or entity the main character witnesses, but does not understand (suspicious behavior, a secret being kept, a monster in the dark). Reveal pieces of the mystery as the story unfolds.

•Someone is in love with someone. But it’s complicated because… (Very general romance startup. Have fun devising the challenges. Health condition? Love triangle? Rival families? PIRATES? SUPERPOWERS? Why is it not so easy for these two or more to be in love?)

•Write about a crime or group of criminals. Start with the crime… or don’t, that’s cool too. Build the intensity, create the ensuing fallout. What’s the crime? Classic bank robbery? Sci-Fi dystopian graffiti (dang, I kinda want to write this one)? Steampunk hitman? Theft of a valuable artifact?

•Do your own thing! Do not feel like you have to take one of my prompts. I won’t be using one. And if you’ve already started: keep on chugging, my beautiful choo choo train.

We can't wait to see what you come up with!

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