TECH: Nanowrimo again?

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Original Posting 2021/11/02

Whoops. It's November second here, and that means NaNoWriMo is off and limping! National Novel Writing Month! Get those keyboards smoking!

Let's see. There's a note from one published author asking what your starting line is, and musing on the importance of a good starting line. Of course, I kind of think that we could come back and fix that in revision, but... if you like, give this search a chance.

https://www.google.com/search?q=opening+line+generator

Or just go over to one of the many first line lists. Take a look at those, and see if something catches your eye. Then make a note, and start writing! Get yourself a character, or maybe a setting, or scene, or plot, and let the words flow!

That's probably one of the keys to success at nanowrimo is just going with the flow, again and again, all month. Oh, sure, feel free to try to lay out some kind of overall plot, and keep track of your characters, scenes, settings, and all that, but... let the words flow.

Actually, you might want to consider that M.I.C.E. stuff that they talked about recently on Writing Excuses (https://writingexcuses.com/ ). Think about the milieu (aka setting), inquiry (aka question and answer), character (aka who am I?), or event (aka change from the status quo), and see whether that prompts something you want to write about.

Oh, yeah. Drop by https://nanowrimo.org/ and join up or sign in. Then follow the yellow brick... well, prompts, anyway. What's your story about? And all that!

Keep those words coming!