How to Write A Novel in 30 Days! 📚 (tips for Nanowrimo)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 21 ก.ค. 2024
- have you ever wanted to write a book? well… November might just be the time to start it! 🩷 i successfully completed NaNoWriMo last year, and you can do it too. i wanted to make this video as some of you requested i share my tips, so this is what i learnt!
first of all, NaNoWriMo is a 30 day challenge during the month of November where the aim is to write 50,000 words within the 30 day period. this can be any genre of novel or book, or it can just be personal writing 📖
and secondly, PrepTober is the preparation for NaNoWriMo during the month of October, where we plan, plot, outline, and prepare ourselves and our story to be written when November comes around 🙌🏻
as a neurodivergent person, writing and dedicating time to one project can be daunting. it sometimes feels impossible to concentrate and put my limited amount of energy into one thing, but i do have some tips. whether you like plotting and planning your entire plot outline or not, i promise you planning will be your best friend. time scheduling, dialogue prompting, scene listing… the list goes on (no pun intended).
but here’s my top 5 tips for writing a book in 30 days during the month of november, so that if you’d like to you can join and do the NaNoWriMo challenge along with me this year!
good luck 😉
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- TIMESTAMPS✨
00:00 - intro
00:30 - what is NaNoWriMo?
02:19 - tip #1 (plan your story)
04:14 - bonus tip (get to know your characters)
05:40 - tip #2 (plan your time)
06:55 - use writing sprints!
07:40 - tip #3 (find a community)
08:53 - tip #4 (put your phone away)
09:41 - film yourself writing!
10:15 - tip #5 (don’t worry about mistakes)
11:38 - roundup
12:30 - good luck for Nano 23!
13:06 - outro
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Wishing you and all other writers the best of luck this Nanowrimo! I'll be trying to complete my current project (Its a fanfic lol and I'm on the final chapter!) And I want to see if I can maybe start working on/planning the sequel if i have the time in between studying for gcses! I've been watching your videos for a while now and I've learnt alot from you as a fellow neurodivergent too :)
One thing also!! Dont be intimidated by nanowrimo if november is a busy month for you! If you need, you can just transfer it to another month that makes it easier for you to write every day. Thats what I'm doing this year, i transferred it to January which is my break month.
Just wrote my first chapter! Thank you for inspiring me to write a novel and thank you for the tips!
Love it thank you! Finding this mid-november but the framework of nanowrimo is great to jump start my writing projects. 🎉
this is my first nanowrimo so this is so handy! it was actually by watching your last nano video that i learnt about it and it inspired me to try. i'm autistic and doing gcses so idk if ill manage to complete it but these tips were so helpful! you are a wonderful person btw ❤
just writing *something* is an achievement!! set whichever goal works for you - everybody is different :)
@@Zara_Beth I'm disabled by my psychiatric conditions and have very limited energy and function. Many writers talk about writing for 4-6 hours a day, whereas if I have good energy one day my max is 1 hour. How do you handle writing when being limited by your disability?
Is there any online group for disabled writers? I feel SO inferier and like a failure when I hang around able-bodied writers, because their ability is so beyond mine. I just get discouraged and hopeless. I'd love to connect with writers who has disabilities, does anyone know where?
It was a dark and stormy night... is a good opener! It's good to see you didn't have a tic here!
best of luck to everyone doing nanowrimo!! loved the video zara i'd love to see more writing content!
im going to do NaNoWriMo this year!! im super excited but also nervous, thanks for the tips
Omg you’re so talented!!!!!! I love your videos keep going your doing amazing ❤❤❤❤❤❤
As I commented on another of your writing videos, I plan to attempt NaWriMo for the second time this year (2024), your tips are spot on. Hopefully I will be a bit more successful than my last attempt especially if Listen to your tips.
i’ve never been this early oml! i love your videos so much
I love your videos keep up the good work I know it’s hard but you can do it
Brilliant advice! I have never thought balancing my neurodivergence with my writing, so many thanks. It gives me a new perspective and I’m old - so I should have figured these things out sooner. Wisdom comes and we have to be open to understanding it. I’m such a pantser, but over the years I’ve unconsciously found a balance between my ADHD and my writing (Maybe not a great one given that I don’t have any fiction published, but being a technical writing and writing instructor/coach forces me to face it all and organize).
Good luck with NaNoWrimo and I look forward to watching your progress - also the insightful neurodivergence advice.
How do you manage to finish novels with your adhd? I have adhd as well as other mental disorders, and I can never write quick enough to finish a project before I start a new one. I get new ideas for books every week, new characters and themes etc. I have so many half-written books that are really good, but I can't finish them because I've lost my inspiration for the story and is all over the next idea. It's a vicious circle. How do you handle writing and adhd? I'd love some tips. I'm 36 yo, so it bothers me very much that I haven't been able to publish anything yet, since it's been my dream since I was 10. I hate that mental health makes it so difficult to write!
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I like to record myself writing but it's more for the treasure video aspect, and something I can rewatch, then make others rewatch over and over again! :D I also like to pretend that writing books and movie screenplays is illegal, socializing and making friends in my day to day life, but then behind closed doors I'm writing books and recording TB's of videos and photos carrying out the books and screenplays! And it's the colorful portable harddrives! But I have final drafts of screenplays under my bed, in my closet, in my two cash boxes, and in the back of my car! The finished drafts of my books are in the same places! And the fact that I'm writing books and no one in my neighborhood knows about it--- DRIVES me to push it further and further! Honing my skills and perfecting my craft! And no one's stopping me... NO ONE! I have three of my books published on amazon! :D
Awesome tips. I'm inspired!
Dang did this give me inspo! Im not writing a novel, but im gonna try to journal eveyday! I am working on a personal book, but I'm not trying to get it done quickly. Thanks for the motivation tho! Good luck to all you wonderful authors! 💜
i love that idea!
@@Zara_Beth yeah and i have it so that I will reread the entries a year from now, because i love seeing how ive changed
this advices works for everything :D
i wish happy to everyone! Do what you desire! You can done anything actually. Just start from learning right now. TH-cam has a bunch of tutorials :D
0:45 hey I’m kinda a musician I play drums and I’m learning bass guitar at 12 years old. Wish you the best of luck dealing with turrets!
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Thanks! i don't write the books. but i write video-game scripts/scenes etc.. and actually develop games. i wish happy to everyone! Do what you desire! You can done anything actually. Just start from learning right now. TH-cam has a bunch of tutorials :D
LOVE TO THE UNIVERSE AND ALL BEINGS!
will say another tip, atleast one that helps me, anyone wanting to start writing who haven't done much in the past to start with just doing mini/short stories which can help focus on a bit of world and character building on much smaller scale
you are so creative and organised, amazing, I am proud of you 🙌🏻
Love your videos
Some good tips, although I just missed it, as I hand't heard of NaNoWriMo before, I will probably do it next year. In the meantime I'll use these tips for other things I'm writing.
You houstly so amazing and helpful you do more then just spread awareness of tourettes you help people realise there potential especially younger men and women
I know I'm late to this, but I'm starting this challenge now!
This is something very new to me I would love to learn how to write a novel but would need help figuring it out 🙂
there are so many videos on youtube! you can make it as detailed or as simple as you like, just write what makes you happy :)
Thank you this is helpful seeing as I'm struggling with my NaNoWriMo right now tbh
it's only day 2! you can do it :) you don't have to write every single day if that won't work for you!
@@Zara_Beth I'm trying my hardest to keep a schedule but I'm struggling, thank you for helping with some tips and I'll take your advice, thanks Zara
Love it
I just did this in class! wish i had seen it before lol
Planning on writing but still trying to decide what to write about... every year I say I'm going to plan better and it hasn't happened yet.
I like this. I would like to try it... Not nessecarlly in November. I just need a word processing thing. Because with memory card issues and spell check foofahas it could take twice as long.. but I luv to travel in the Nation.....the Imagination..
i use reedsy which is online!
Zara I rly admire how brave u are I would be terrified but I have a question if u don’t want to awnser it I understand but do u get bord with fnd or can u get it just wondering
Hi 👋 I also have tics but one time a kid in my class(he has screaming tics) he was very loud so my teacher shut him in sick bay and he wasn't allowed out until he stopped .I felt so bad for him
Heyyy, Zara! I'm a bit young, but I have 3 chapters/21 pages in book. Did I write too much for my first book? Once I get done, and I'm almost done, I'm doing another book. Writing is really fun, though. (Oh, and uh, this isn't a Novel question, it's just a Writing question.)
Omg my sister is doing nano wrimo this year!
I'm moving into a different flat but the same scheme on Monday I live in supported living and I have autism with tourettes and adhd
Thanks so much for the advise! Also, its pantser cause theyre "flying by the seat of their pants"
I love you so much.
I can't do it this year but I kinda want to do it next year :]
(can't do it this year because I don't have a good enough plan or idea)
just do some short stories or practice writing this year! it doesn't have to be a full book :)
I live it
HEY SO ZARA. Are you still in touch with any people from Tourette’s camp,
I think I have tourettes and you inspire me to keep going
❤
I've tried Nanowrimo 3 times already, but never got through. Hopefully, 4th times the charm. These tips seem really really helpful thankies for sharing them Zara. Gotta get working on this one.(｡･∀･)ﾉﾞ✨✨
I’m on page 5 of my book, planning to get to page 100 or more
good luck!!
@@Zara_Beth thank you!!
Hi!!
Please tell me how do you get so beautiful 😊 you always look absolutely stunning and gorgeous please pin me
I have ticks
I think I have tourettes and you inspire me to keep going plz reply
Everyone like this so she sees it
56 views, 1.8k likes?
💓💋 how divinely beautiful you are ... the lips are cute
How to a novel write in 30 days
precisely
i dont write books.
okay 😂
OH MY GOD YOU LOOK LIKE THE GENDERBEND OF THE MAIN CHARACTER FROM HOW TI TRAIN YOUR DRAGON. TELL ME IM WRONG.
THAT'S SUCH A COOL COMPLIMENT WTF THAT'S ONE OF MY SPECIAL INTEREST FILMS SHUT UPPPP
@@Zara_Beth HOLY SHIT YOU REPLIED TO MY COMMENT😭😭 NEVER FELT SO NOTICEDDD
i had to drop out of college because of my disability so it's the first time i've had the time and energy to try nanowrimo. i've been writing all my life and it's my absolute biggest passion, so having the time to commit to it is really exciting for me. idk if i'll complete the challenge but i've already written more this month than i have in a long time so i'm pleased
that was me last year! it's so rewarding getting back into an old hobby, i'm so glad i picked up writing properly again :)
@@Zara_Beth fr it's been so amazing, I feel like I'm connecting with my younger self in a way I haven't been able to before because of trauma and stuff
What is your username on Nanowrimo, Zara? I tried to find you so I could add you to my favourite authors but you didn’t come up under the name “Zara”! ❤😁
"zarabethwrites" 📖
@@Zara_Beth thank you