Are you going to take the Camp NaNoWriMo challenge this month? To help GalleyCat writers with the challenge, we’ve rounded up three year’s worth of writing advice in a single post.
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) takes place every November, but the organizers created the online camp to give writers an alternative time for the writing challenge. Every year, we publish daily links to writing tools and tips during the NaNoWriMo challenge in November.
We’ve collected the individual posts below–the advice will work all year round.
NaNoWriMo Tips for 2012
How Stephen King Writes Imagery: NaNoWriMo Tip #1
Use Free Google Docs Tools: NaNoWriMo Tip #2
Write Like Hilary Mantel: NaNoWriMo Tip #3
NaNoWriMo Tip #4: Get Off The Internet
Submit Your NaNoWriMo Novel to Avon Impulse: NaNoWriMo Tip #5
25 Writing Prompts to Inspire Twitter Fiction: NaNoWriMo Tip #6
Check Your Grammar Online: NaNoWriMo Tip #7
NaNoWriMo Tip #8: Why You Should Write By Hand
Tools to Outline Your Novel: NaNoWriMo Tip #9
NaNoWriMo Tip #10: Use deviantART for Inspiration
NaNoWriMo Tip #11: Read Two Years’ Worth of Advice in a Single Post
NaNoWriMo Tip #12: Use WriteChain to Track Your Progress
Get Figment Writing Prompts: NaNoWriMo Tip #13
NaNoWriMo Tip #14: Turn Your Browser into a Typewriter
Fake Name Generator for Writers: NaNoWriMo Tip #15
NaNoWriMo Tip #16: Get Writer’s Digest Giveaways
NaNoWriMo Tip # 17: Answer Twitter Questions
Write with the 1,000 Most Common Words NaNoWriMo Tip #18
NaNoWriMo Tip #19: Visit Your Genre Lounge
Best Writing Music of 2012: NaNoWriMo Tip #20
NaNoWriMo Tip #21: How To Find a Writing Partner
Try the Cut-Up Machine: NaNoWriMo Tip #22
NaNoWriMo Tip #23: Dial 911 for Writer’s Block
Explore a Genre Mind Map: NaNoWriMo Tip # 24
NaNoWriMo Tip #25: Try the Random Line Generator
How To Create an Anti-Hero: NaNoWriMo Tip #26
NaNoWriMo Tip #27: Have a Literary Drink
Get Some Exercise: NaNoWriMo Tip #28
NaNoWriMo Tip # 29: Plot Bank for Writers
Don’t Forget To Edit: NaNoWriMo Tip #30
30 National Novel Writing Month Tips from 2011
1. Take the Random Cliche Test
3. Type a Poem
7. Download Seven Free Writing eBooks
8. Get a Literary Butt-Kicking
10. Fight a Word War
12. Download the Free Writing Cheatsheet
13. “Obvious to you. Amazing to others.”
14. Listen to Spotify: NaNoWriMo Tip #14
15. Read 30 Tips from Last Year
17. Fix Your Computer Screen Color
18. Join the Typewriter Brigade
19. Fill Out a Character Chart
20. Meet Your Deadline with Kittens
23. Explore the World with Globe Genie
25. Try Communal World Building
26. Write by Hand
27. Adopt an Idea
28. Explore the Onomatopoeia Dictionary
29. Swap Your Novel
30 National Novel Writing Month Tips from 2010
3. Cliche Finder Stops Cliches Before They Start
4. Take the Fantasy Novelist’s Exam
6. Seek Library Write-In Support
7. Consult Role Playing Game Plots
8. Best Pandora Stations for Writing
11. Use Foursquare for Inspiration
12. ‘Failure Instructs the Writer’
13: Use the Online Graphical Dictionary
14. Write ‘TK’ for Missing Facts
15. ‘Everyone Has a Certain Amount of Bad Writing to Get Out of Their System’
18. Use the Reverse Dictionary
19. Use Correct Writing Posture
21. ‘It’s Not a Sprint, It’s a Marathon’
22. Use Your Smartphone for Novel Writing & Editing
23. Turn Your Computer Into a Typewriter
24. Use Write or Die for Motivation
25. Relax with a Literary Drink
26. Browse BibliOdyssey for Inspiration
27. World of Warcraft Procrastinator Support
29. Lulu Titlescorer Tests Your Title