How I Can Tell You Wrote Your Novel in November: Common NaNoWriMo Mistakes

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is upon us again, dear writers.  It’s a fantastic event that has permanently welded together my love of fall (warm coffee, muffins, and all things squash) to my love of intense creative output.  NaNoWriMo challenges writers to write The challenge is to write 50,000 words in 30 days.  But even if you don’t have novel bursting forth from your… chest or whatnot—you can still participate in spirit.  Last year I wrote an academic article in November instead of something fictional, but it was still intense and I used NaNoWriMo’s encouragement to get me through.

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