NaNoWriMo 2011

If you don't know what National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is, check out this post Thomas wrote about it last year. With slightly under two weeks left, a lot of NaNoWriMo participants have probably fallen behind, but there's still hope left! If you need help figuring out what to do next with your characters and story, there are resources on fiction writing at the library that might help you out. If you need help finding those resources, here are a few tips and links:

• Good subject searches to try (or click on my links): "Fiction Authorship," "Fiction Technique"
• Writer's Digest publishes works on writing, so try a General Keyword search for 'Writer's digest'
• The library subscribes to several magazines on writing: Writer's Digest and The Writer
• Try a subject search for "writer's block" in the library's catalog. One book you'll find this way is Writer's Block Busters: 101 Exercises to Clear the Deadwood and Make Room for Flights of Fancy by Velina Hasu Houston

Keep in mind that no one is grading you on your NaNoWriMo writing. Just try to write as much as you can each day, and remember that you can revise your work, if you'd like, after NaNoWriMo is over.

Good luck!