Now that my NaNoWriMo 2016 project has officially fizzled out, here’s my plan for 2017 if I choose to participate again (and I am at this very early stage leaning toward not doing so):
- Come up with an idea at least a full month ahead of time
- Plan out the tools to be used for the writing at least two weeks in advance
- Outline the novel (new!)
- Spend at least the first weekend building up as large a buffer as possible (the first weekend starts on Saturday, November 4th)
- Talk talk talk about my novel–share all kinds of stuff, go totally bananas on it (new!)
- Attend more local NaNoWriMo events
And that’s about it. I actually did the first two this year and still flopped. Maybe adding in the other four will result in dazzling success.
If I participate.
Which I probably won’t.