preparing for nanowrimo
Wednesday, October 7, 2015 at 11:20PM 
All right, fellow scriveners, it's almost NaNoWriMo time, and if you're like me and get itchy/a bad taste in your mouth just thinking about outlining and prefer to just wing it, check out Chuck Wendig's hilarious post on the virtues of outlining plus a variety of options to get you more organized.
He's absolutely right, by the way. The last time I did NaNoWriMo was five years ago, and I "won," but with 50,000+ words of disorganized rambling junk. So, I'd like to avoid that this time. I'm all for flying by the seat of my pants in most situations, but for my next novel, I want to actually have some solid content to edit when NaNoWriMo is over this time.
If you're visual like me, you might want to try the method that I found most intriguing: using a mind map to get your story ideas down, and Iain Broome shares this great post on how he organizes his. So, if you're gearing up for NaNoWriMo (or just have a project in mind that you'd like to sort out), I hope you find some clarity, too.
Here's to more effective writing!
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