NaNoWriMo or alternative

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I has decided to finally do National Novel Writing Month this November. So I decided to spend “preptober” watching YouTube writing advice. (For example Brandon Sanderson’s full 6 week course, that he does at a US uni, is up on YouTube for free).
I then discovered NaNoWriMo has basically imploded in a truly disgusting scandal I won’t go into here. So I will not be joining a NaNoMo group after all.
Which is to say, is anyone else interested in writing this November and supporting each other to do so on this thread - share resources etc ?
I then discovered NaNoWriMo has basically imploded in a truly disgusting scandal I won’t go into here. So I will not be joining a NaNoMo group after all.
Which is to say, is anyone else interested in writing this November and supporting each other to do so on this thread - share resources etc ?
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Scott Bradfield is an American author of a couple novels, but he's primarily a short story writer. He taught a course in writing short stories a while back which at some point went online, and all the modules are on his YouTube channel. He's a tad obscure -- other writers seem to admire him but he wasn't ever hugely successful with the public. I only know of him because I went to grad school with him, but I love his work.
In traditional media - I really enjoyed “How not to write a novel”.
I used to do NaNoWriMo almost every year, at least whenever November coincided with me needing to get a good bit of a first draft done. I haven't participated in the actual NaNo forums for many years, and don't feel that the name or the organization (which does seem to have gone quite off the rails) is necessary to achieve the original intent: setting a writing goal, trying to reach it in a set time period, and sharing that goal with other writers so you can encourage each other.
I've been using a very simple word count tracker on a site called Write Track to ... well, track how much I write.
At the moment I'm in the middle of changing a story from third to first person to fit in with a project my writing group are doing, edit a story for the same group's short story competition and collect some pieces together for another project.
I just need someone to nag me to make sure I do at least something every day.
I'm also committed to a book review for a journal, and two short blog posts.
If I could have everything written up and submitted by the end of the month, I would be a happy woman.
Well so far 422 words. Will try again later.