First of all, I'd like to thank Chris Baty and the wonderful folks at National Novel Writing Month for changing my life. I'd always wanted to write a novel and now, I've written THREE of them and two scripts! It's awesome. If you've ever wanted to write a novel or a script, please visit: www.nanowrimo.org and www.scriptfrenzy.org for more information.
The information here is stuff I've found helpful in my travels. It may help you also:
Quick questions for characters
Excel Spreadsheet for Tracking Progress
NaNo Pocketmods - all your info in one place
The Randomizer Novel Rescue Companion
Writing sites, advice, information and more:
Strunk & White's Elements of Style (buy this book!)
http://silvablu.skeeter63.org/HMG/00-Introduction.htm
http://www.triggerstreet.com/gyrobase/index
http://www.writersweekly.com/ (a great & helpful newsletter and more)
http://www.folklore.bc.ca/Motifindex.htm
http://writersweekly.com/this_weeks_article/004522_02132008.html
http://www.eharlequin.com - this one may seem surprising, but Harlequin has a lot of valuable resources and info on their site. Plus, if you've ever wanted to break into the romance field, this is a great place to do it. Harlequin offers: LEARN TO WRITE | WRITING GUIDELINES | CRITIQUE SERVICE | ARTICLES | WRITING CHALLENGES
Check them out!
These various forms and helpers were not created by me but they have been offered up for use by those of us crazy enough to undertake 50,000 words in thirty days! I'll add more resources as I find them (or remember where I saw them.) If you find these useful, I invite you to stop by the NaNoWriMo forums, say hello and let me know you found this page.
Do you Twitter? You can find me there - occasionally - under the name kalindria.
** For those of you in the Inland Empire, we'll be having write-ins and informational meetings at the Grace Mellman Library at 41000 County Center Drive, in Temecula on the third Saturday of every month from 1 to 3 PM beginning in AUGUST.**
**NEXT MEETING: Write-In Feb. 21, Grace Mellman Library, 1-3 PM **
Come get prepared for Script Frenzy!
Join us there and learn more about NaNo, writing, helpful books, hear from published NaNo authors, find out about contests and more. The library has free wi-fi and we will may spend a portion of our time every month writing.Generally, we've been spending our time in discussing issues and roadblocks so if you want to discuss your writing and how to improve it, please join us. We meet in the library's community room.
kalindria
Municipal Liaison for Riverside county in sunny Southern California
Won NaNo: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
Won ScriptFrenzy: 2007
Participated in ScriptFrenzy: 2008
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