{"id":14958,"date":"2018-10-05T00:01:34","date_gmt":"2018-10-05T04:01:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14958"},"modified":"2018-10-04T06:17:49","modified_gmt":"2018-10-04T10:17:49","slug":"national-novel-writing-month-is-coming-countdown-to-nanowrimo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14958","title":{"rendered":"National Novel Writing Month is Coming ~ Countdown to #NaNoWriMo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown to the annual event known as national novel writing month is on. Better known as #NaNoWriMo, authors from around the world take part in this gruelling event.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tickcounter\" style=\"width: 100%; position: relative; padding-bottom: 25%;\" data-type=\"countdown\" data-id=\"759872\"><a title=\"Countdown to #NaNoWriMo\" href=\"\/\/www.tickcounter.com\/countdown\/759872\/countdown-to-nanowrimo\">Countdown to #NaNoWriMo<\/a><a title=\"Countdown\" href=\"\/\/www.tickcounter.com\/\">Countdown<\/a><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, pjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/www.tickcounter.com\/static\/js\/loader.js\"; pjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, pjs); }(document, \"script\", \"tickcounter-sdk\"));<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Do you #NaNo? If so, do you start out like this? The Eureka moment that will sustain you for the entire month?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14969\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/eureka-moment.jpg\" alt=\"National\" width=\"147\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then write feverishly for a while?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14968\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frazzled-writer.png\" alt=\"national\" width=\"167\" height=\"246\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Things are looking good &#8230; and then, the dreaded writer&#8217;s block attacks.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14971\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/writers-block.jpg\" alt=\"national\" width=\"579\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/writers-block.jpg 579w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/writers-block-284x300.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The end of the month draws nearer and you&#8217;ve not written in days. When all is said and done, do you feel like this? Frustrated with yourself and your lack of staying power?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14970\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frustrated.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frustrated.jpg 493w, https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/frustrated-300x286.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 493px) 100vw, 493px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Life gets in the way. It happens to all of us. Maybe your idea wasn&#8217;t enough to sustain a novel.<\/p>\n<p>The beauty is, you can outline and plan for National Novel Writing month ahead of time. If you&#8217;re prepared and not flying by the seat of your pants, the month will fly by with few hiccups.<\/p>\n<p>1,667 words every day is not impossible and you&#8217;ll achieve your 50,000-word target for the month. The trick is, it&#8217;s not random words. It&#8217;s a novel. You need a beginning, middle and end.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-14972\" src=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/stack-of-paper.jpg\" alt=\"National\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Will you #NaNo?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The countdown to the annual event known as national novel writing month is on. Better known as #NaNoWriMo, authors from around the world take part in this gruelling event. Countdown to #NaNoWriMoCountdown Do you #NaNo? If so, do you start out like this? The Eureka moment that will sustain you for the entire month? Then &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/melanierobertson-king.com\/wp02\/?p=14958\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">National Novel Writing Month is Coming ~ Countdown to #NaNoWriMo<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[494,1692,6,1693,22],"tags":[955],"class_list":["post-14958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amwriting","category-nanowrimo-2","category-novels","category-november","category-writing","tag-nanowrimo"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>National Novel Writing Month is Coming ~ Countdown to #NaNoWriMo - Celtic Connexions<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November is almost here. 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