I’m posting a special edition of the weekly Rerun post today which focuses on all the great information that’s been making the rounds out there about NaNoWriMo. The start of the National Novel Writing Month is just two weeks away and there are some fantastic resources for those writers who are getting ready to write their novel in a month – and for the writers being inspired by all this writing encouragement and excitement.

Did you hear we're giving away 2 free copies of My Story Writer novel writing software in honor of all the preparations underway by writers for NaNoWriMo?

Here are some of the great posts I read about NaNoWriMo this week:

Lessons Learned & Making the Decision to Participate in NaNoWriMo:
NaNo or NaNot? - Kathleen Bolton on Writer Unboxed
Temporary Insanity: 10 Lessons Learned from NaNo – Seth Baker on Happenchance
NaNoWriMo: Writing With the Bulls – Guest Post by Alegra Clarke on Maria Schneider’s Editor Unleashed

The How To’s of NaNoWriMo
On the Write it Sideways blog Suzannah Freeman (@WriteItSideways on Twitter) wrote about the basics of NaNoWriMo and what you need to keep in mind if you’re committing to write a novel in 30 days.

Marelisa of the Abundance Blog (@Marelisa) signed up for NaNoWriMo for the first time this year and admits that she wrote this blog post to help herself since this will be her first time writing a novel: How to Write a Novel in 30 days. This post is fantastic!! She covers about everything you need to prepare for writing a novel from genre and setting to characters, plot and point of view.

Jen at Procrastinating Writers (@ProcrastWriter) is going all out in support of NaNoWriMo writers. Not only has she had some great posts this week with tools for finding ideas, plotting and creating characters, she’s also accepting signups for an e-newsletter with 30 days of writing tips. Sign up now!
Here’s more NaNoWriMo help from Procrastinating Writers:
Where to Find an Idea for Your NaNo Novel
Tools to Help you Plot Your NaNo Novel
Tools to Help You Create Your NaNo Characters
Even More Characeter Tools for Your NaNo Novel

Wendy Allen (@EelKat) has for years of NaNoWriMo experience under her belt and has created a Squidoo page with almost everything you could ever want to know about NaNoWriMo – and how to complete the 50,000 word challenge. Check out: NaNoWriMo: Reaching 50,000 using EelKat's Methods
EK’s Star Log blog is also focused on the upcoming NaNoWriMo.

And great news, according to Dr. Wicked (@DrWicked), the Desktop Edition (Windows/Mac/Linux) of Write or Die will be available in time for NaNoWriMo

lara
My Story Writer
www.mywritingsoftware.com