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How to Write a Novel in a Month

Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog. We learned last week about the fifth Pillar of Genre, Fiction. Specifically, we went over a definition for Fantasy, and we talked about some examples of how to write it. This week starts the National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, and even in years where I have no specific project or aren’t wholly committed to the challenge, I often still love talking about my experiences with the entire NaNoWriMo experience. Let’s get started.

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Why Do Initial Drafts Always Suck?

I hear it all the time. Let your first draft suck. It's okay to suck at it the first time. It's supposed to be sucky, just embrace it. Hello Lovelies, and welcome back to the blog.  Hitting again upon the opening paragraph pf this blog, maybe you too, have been given this advice about writing sloppy drafts. Have you ever stopped to consider why first drafts are so terrible so much of the time? Let's go over 6 reasons why your first draft might suck, and why that is perfectly okay.

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