#nanorevmo

Happy November 1st! For anyone looking for a fun Instagram challenge, I've put one together to celebrate the release of RENT A BOYFRIEND! There's a new topic per week, and you can share anytime for as many or as few of the topics as you like! It's open to everyone! I'll be posting alongside with you, and each of my posts will tell you a little bit about RENT A BOYFRIEND and my writing journey. The hashtag for this challenge is #RentABoyfriendChallenge! ✨ I can't wait to see your posts, and thank you in advance to those who participate! Sending best wishes to everyone during a stressful time. 💕 And Happy #NaNoWriMo! I drafted AMERICAN PANDA during NaNoWriMo 2014, and this year, I'm hoping to draft a couple projects during this month! One of the many things I love about NaNoWriMo is that you can make it whatever you need. It really helped me get the words down during 2014 and I try to do at least a little something during the month if I can. Last year was #NaNoRevMo, where I edited RENT A BOYFRIEND, and the year before that I drafted OUR WAYWARD FATE. 📚 Thank you to @rlynn_solomon, whose fun Instagram Challenge for TODAY TONIGHT TOMORROW (the feel-good read you need—please pick it up if you haven't already!) inspired this one! . . . . . #instagramchallenge #instagramchallenges #RentaBoyfriend #writeinspiration #challenge #photochallenge2020 #novemberphotochallenge #novemberchallenge #novemberchallenges #november2020 #igwriters #igauthors #writerlife #youngadultbooks #yalover #yalit #ireadya #yalovin #yabooks #yacontemporary #yalitchat #yaromance #bibliophile #booknerd #booklove #booknerdigan https://www.instagram.com/p/CHD5bUZAryO/?igshid=8hchh9qmiwu

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In other news, I’m behind on word count (487 today) on WIP2, but that’s okay. A. WIP1 is more important and B. I have a write in tomorrow so I can make that word count up. 

The thing is, add a few years to that boy and he could totally be the main character in my WIP. (*mysterious voice* Make of that what you will...) It made me really happy to see him. His name is Dave, by the way. (*mysterious voice again* Make of that what you will too even though it tells you absolutely nothing.) I think I might tape this picture of a younger Dave up above my laptop to get me through the next few days.

As you may know, November is National Novel Writing Month, often shortened as NaNoWriMo. It's when a lot of writers pledge to get their novels completed by the time November 30th rolls around. If you follow a lot of writers on Twitter, expect to see word count tweets galore! I know a lot of writers have had success with this. I even recall Stephanie Perkins writing in her acknowledgments that she finished the first draft of Anna and the French Kiss because of NaNoWriMo. I've actually never attempted NaNoWriMo before but, as it so happens, the timing worked out that I'm just about to embark on edits on a manuscript I wrote earlier this year. So I decided: I think instead of NaNoWriMo, I'm going to spend the month of November trying to get all my edits done. NaNoWriMo will TRANSFORM...into NaNoRevMo. (Originally, I was going to go with NaNoEdMo, but I think NaNoRevMo sounds much more Transformer-like, don't you?) I fully admit that revisions are much easier for me than writing first drafts, so I know I'm not going to to be doing anything near as impressive as an 50K word count in 30 days. But I do have some extensive editing work to do and I think having the month-long goal will help spur me along! Anyone else partaking in NaNoWriMo this month or, like me, in NaNoRevMo? Has anyone done it in the past and perhaps has some advice or wisdom to share?

So NaNoWriMo is over. How did it go for everyone? Did you make your target word count? Did you write some brilliant prose? Did you discover an inner genius you never knew existed before? Inquiring editors want to know!