If putting pen to paper is a passion or perhaps a passing fancy, November is the perfect time to start. Not only is it National Novel Writing Month but it's also National Life Writing Month (as well as Family Literacy Month and Family Stories Month). So what exactly are they?
NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is an annual designation observed in November. Have you ever thought about writing a book, but couldn’t find the willpower to dive in? Well, here’s your sign to do it now. National Novel Writing Month, also known as NaNoWriMo, is a month designated to writers taking time out of each day to add to their story, so they can start and finish writing a novel in just 30 days. The goal is to take a fun, creative approach to creative writing while giving it a time limit to make sure you finish what you start!
"In 2019:
• 455,080 writers participated in our programs, including 104,350 students and educators in the Young Writers Program.
• 966 volunteer Municipal Liaisons guided 669 regions on six continents.
• 968 libraries, bookstores, and community centers opened their doors to novelists through the Come Write In program.
• 70,632 Campers tackled a writing project—novel or not—at Camp NaNoWriMo.
Hundreds of NaNoWriMo novels have been traditionally published. They include Sara Gruen’s Water for Elephants, Erin Morgenstern’s The Night Circus, Hugh Howey’s Wool, Rainbow Rowell’s Fangirl, Jason Hough’s The Darwin Elevator, and Marissa Meyer’s Cinder.
Each year, authors offer mentorship to our participants through pep talks. Past author mentors have included Gene Luen Yang, Roxane Gay, John Green, Andy Weir, N. K. Jemisin, and Veronica Roth."
NATIONAL LIFE WRITING MONTH
National Life Writing Month is an annual designation observed in November. This is a busy time for writers, as it’s NaNoWriMo as well! You know what this means. Time to grab your laptop and a few notebooks, pens, and highlighters, plug into some good music, and let those creative juices flow to get writing! The goal of National Life Writing Month is to encourage people to write about themselves and their life as they have experienced it thus far (it’s sometimes known as Memoir Writing Month.) Now is the time for you to dedicate yourself to writing personal and family stories, memories, traditions, significant events, and anything else you feel is worth adding to your life story. https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-life-writing-month-november/
A guide to writing fiction and understanding the creative process presents dozens of literary and commercial examples that demonstrate how to construct a novel, in a reference complemented by personal anecdotes from the author's life.
This title is designed to help writers jump-start their creativity and develop original ideas. Four sections offer unique approaches to "freeing the muse", including how to banish inhibitions to get words flowing, discovering writing material from the reader's own lives, and refining existing material
"Great description shakes us. It fills our lungs with the life of its author." Painted Paragraphs, the second in a series of inspirational guides for writers and readers, is author Donald Newlove's witty, insightful, and very personal selection of the best descriptive passages in literature. Beginning with Ernest Hemingway's dinner of oysters and wine in A Moveable Feast, Newlove moves on to give us the contents of Mildred's cupboard in Terry McMillan's Mama, Robert Stone's description of a rat-infested tug dump in Outerbridge Reach, Richard Selzer's brilliant anatomy lesson in his memoir Down from Troy, and John Edgar Wideman's mood painting of a tree by his mother's house in the black section of Pittsburgh in "All Stories Are True." Also included are selections from Tolstoy, Proust, Shakespeare, Anais Nin, lots and lots of gorgeous Whitman, and dozens more.
This idiosyncratic collection not only celebrates great authors, but it also explains how they use strokes of moral force and courage to paint the landscapes of their work.
Art Matters bring together four of Gaiman's most beloved writings on creativity and artistry:
"Credo," his remarkably concise and relevant manifesto on free expression, first delivered in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings
"Make Good Art," his famous 2012 commencement address delivered at the Philadelphia University of the Arts
"Making a Chair," a poem about the joys of creating something, even when words won't come
"On Libraries," an impassioned argument for libraries that illuminates their importance to our future and celebrates how they foster readers and daydreamers
Featuring original illustrations by Gaiman's longtime illustrator, Chris Riddell, Art Matters is a stirring testament to the freedom of ideas that inspires us to make art in the face of adversity, and dares us to choose to be bold.
"Where do authors get their ideas? And how do they turn those ideas into stories? This anthology looks at the process of taking real-life experiences and turning them into works of engaging fiction. The collection features award-winning and bestselling middle-grade authors who provide both original fictional short stories as well as the nonfiction accounts that inspired them. The contributing authors include Julia Alvarez, Karen Cushman, Margarita Engle, Dee Garretson, Nathan Hale, Matthew Kirby, Claire Legrand, Grace Lin, Kate Messner, Linda Sue Park, Adam Rex, Gary Schmidt, Alan Sitomer, Caroline Starr Rose, Heidi Stemple, Rita Williams-Garcia, Tracy Edward Wymer, Lisa Yee, and Jane Yolen"-- Provided by publisher.
In Writing Magic, Newbery Honor author Gail Carson Levine shares her secrets. She shows how you can get terrific ideas for stories, invent great beginnings and endings, write sparkling dialogue, develop memorable characters-and much, much more. She advises you about what to do when you feel stuck and how to use helpful criticism. Best of all, she offers writing exercises that will set your imagination on fire.
Provides advice on what not to do when writing a novel by offering examples of mistakes with explanations on how to avoid making them.
How many people would kill to be a bestselling novelist--especially one like Janet Evanovich? Writers want to know how a bestselling author thinks, writes, plans, and dreams her books. Here, Evanovich tells, in a witty Q & A format, how she comes up with characters, and perfect names for them; how she finds out insider details; just how she sets up plots; what the life of a full-time writer is really like; and what she'd tell an aspiring author about the publishing industry. This book details the elements of writing and publishing a novel, and addresses all categories of fiction--from mystery/thriller/action titles to romance; from stand-alone narratives to series. It offers practical advice on such subjects as structuring a plot and handling rejection. And it combines one of today's most successful fiction writers with a published non-fiction writer who teaches creative fiction.--From publisher description.
Providing essential guidance for both aspiring and experienced authors, the second edition of The Author's Handbook is a valuable resource for writers of all levels. Extensively updated and expanded to account for significant changes in the publishing industry, The Author's Handbook outlines effective techniques to develop marketable book ideas, research those ideas, and write a manuscript--either fiction or nonfiction--for publication. The authors provide many tips on topics that include choosing a publisher, negotiating contracts, understanding legal matters, and promoting your work. With this guide, the reader will gain insight into virtually every aspect of publishing.
How do you find the time to write? Keep momentum? How do you deal with the horror of showing anyone a single sentence of your work-in-progress? The answers remain fun and easy, and author Elizabeth Sims will take your hand, dispel your worries, and show you how it's done in this stress-free guide to accomplishing your dream of writing your book.
The most trusted guide to getting published guides writers through the process with thousands of publishing opportunities for writers, including listings for book publishers, consumer and trade magazines, contests and awards, and literary agents--as well as new playwriting and screenwriting sections.ions.
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