Blog: Some NaNo Advice: DON’T LOOK BACK

Veronica Roth shares some advice on NaNoWriMo. You don’t want to miss this one.

Dear NaNoers,

As much as I would love to join you (and I really would, because I think that NaNo is often good for the perfectionist writer), I should probably stick to editing Insurgent. I know you’re going to get boatloads of writing advice, so feel free to discard this as necessary, but here we go:
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Don’t look behind you. NaNoWriMo is a sprint– a SPRINT, I tell you. It is full throttle, as many words as you can muster, every single day. You don’t get to stop for water– you have to throw water into your mouth as you run, and if you end up splashing yourself in the ear, SO BE IT.
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So I think the sprint-race advice of, don’t look back to see how close your opponent is, it will slow you down and you might lose, is applicable here.
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Except this time, your opponent is not another person, it’s your own draft, chasing you with its sloppiness.

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