simondlr #40 - Lessons From A Novel Draft in a Month

Hi friends!
I have a new post out. In November, I wrote a draft of sequel to "Hope Runners of Gridlock". I wrote ~51,000 words in 30 days. I finally finished a NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)! I'm happy about it and it was a really interesting writing exercise.
Writing A Novel Draft in A Month — simondlr.com
In November 2022, I took a part again in National Novel Writing Month (or more popularly, shortened: NaNoWriMo). The goal is: write 50,000 in 30 days of a novel. Many authors tackle it yearly. The official stats for 2022 says that: “51,670 writers met goals to become NaNoWriMo winners, including 21,

As a reminder, I've took up writing a weekly newsletter over at "Scenes with Simon".
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I've been doing this for 4 weeks now and have been really enjoyed it. Please swing by.
Take care!
Simon