![]() ![]() Do you have characters? Smash them together. For instance, it encourages the reader to get rid of the inner editor. Now, some of its advice may seem dubious. I don’t know if I’ll ever actually attempt the challenge – my day job requires far too much of me on far too an unpredictable pattern to really throw my heart into the attempt – but perhaps for a week? I could do that. I am excited to attempt to push out about 1800 words a day for thirty days. I believe the book succeeds in its purpose. Part two walks through the weeks of the month, speaking to certain patterns that Baty has noticed with himself and other month-long novel writers. Part one lays the groundwork of what a person must gather before the one-month novel-writing challenge starts. In fact, he bluntly tells the reader to chuck quality out the window and shoot only for quantity. He tells you how to push out words and words and words. He doesn’t bother outlining ways to put spit and polish on. He doesn’t suggest tips for editing until near the end. He wants to help his readers compete in National Novel Writing Month. ![]() This is a book that teaches how to write a novel in thirty days.īaty is very up-front in his purpose. This is not a book that teaches burgeoning writers how to get a novel published. This is not a book that details the fine workings of the construction of a story. ![]()
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