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Here's a li'l something for those insane souls who have taken up the National Novel Writing Month challenge (a.k.a. the completion of a 50,000 word novel in just 30 days). It's a collection of famous authors' Tweets re: your unwieldy undertaking. Some of their tips will surely help you with your writing, the others will simply kill a couple seconds. Either way, they'll prove a temporarily distraction from your writer's block.
@C_Bushnell #NaNoWriMo tip:Use SpiceGirls speak.Instead of "Whaddya want?" say "Tell me what you want,what you really really want" +8 words!
@Steph_Meyer #NaNoWriMo tip: @C_Bushnell: I have one, too!!! Use "oh my god" instead of OMG. +2 words!!!
@JRR_Tolkien #NaNoWriMo tip: My favorite word count cheat? Write a poem in Elvish, then, in the next paragraph, translate it in2 English.
@JimCarroll #NaNoWriMo tip: It's not easy to stay awake and writing for 30 days straight. I recommend crystal meth and frappuccinos.
@AnneFrank #NaNoWriMo tip: Avoid distractions! When I wrote my book, I locked myself in the attic & refused to let any1 in.
@S_Palin #NaNoWriMo MEMOIR tip: My real life sex w/ Todd lasts a minute & a 1/2. To add Xtra words I lie about 4play ;)
@JK_GrrRowling #NaNoWriMo tip: Pacing 1self is 4 muggles. Finish all 50k words by the 15th, leaving plenty o time for sequels & lawsuits.
@Maya_Angelou #NaNoWriMo tip: In 'Aliens from Planet Zyx' I had a character recite the 1st act of Hamlet on a dare. Hella word count bump
@PlaywrightGibson #NaNoWriMo tip: Deaf characters r great. They force other characters 2 constantly repeat themselves, thereby adding words
@TheRealMelville #NaNoWriMo tip: Give a character a peg leg. You'd be surprised how many extra words U can get from sound effects alone!
@$tephenKing #NaNoWriMo tip: The number 1 tip for increasing word count? "Adverbs," he said slowly, succinctly, solemnly.
Related:
Tuesday's Tips for NaNoWriMo Writers
Top 10 Night Before NaNoWriMo Tweets
Famous Authors' NaNoWriMo Tips (as found on Twitter) Part II!
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Famous Authors' NaNoWriMo Tips
(as found on twitter)
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14 comments:
That's hilarious! Thank you!
hahahah! thank you!
Hilarious!
You had me till the Anne Frank comment. Sick. Bleah.
i completely buy that Jim Carroll tweets from beyond the grave, which means he's probably in hell.
Hilarious! Although I could have sworn a lot of these authors were dead...
Oh, I love you guys for making me laugh! But on a side note: @Jim Carroll might have said: Repeat same words 8, 12, 22 times. But that was before he died, died.
haha amazing. although the anne frank one WAS borderline... too soon?
hilarious idea, though. where do you get this stuff?
LOVED this. As someone wildly behind on first ever NaNoWriMo I am looking into some flowery descriptions of the environment, architecture, carpet, eyelashes, etc!
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That was a LOT of fun :)
when I wrote my books I also had all the knitting ,felting,beading,wirework and crochet to do as well-- so 30 days for just words is easy
I love the Stephen King one, especially since I just finished "On Writing". I normally abhor adverbs, but they're incredibly great for dramatically and quickly increasing your word count.
How fun! I'll need to mention this in my daily NaNoNuj. I'm immediately going for a version of the deaf character suggestion. My MC has a friend who always needs to have things explained to her (even more than I first imagined!). Gotta write (or, I need to get back to my laptop so I can add up more NaNo words now)... Thanks for a great post.
Blocks of quotes and foley: Excellent! I shall do so at once!
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