on Writers Helping Writers:
Can you believe it? We’re less than 10 days from the biggest, craziest, event in Writerville: National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). That means 50,000 words written in one month, and all the coffee, stale pizza, and Skittles you need to fuel yourself to do it.
This year I won’t be entering but I’ve won NaNo a few times in the past (and failed once). That failure was due to a misstep of mine which I’ve never repeated.
What happened, exactly? Well, things were stupidly busy for me and long story short, I went into it unprepared. All I had was a nugget of an idea and figured I’d “get everything sorted” as I went along.
I was wrong.
Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog 
Also, thanks for sharing. Doesn’t help a pantser like me much, but who says I can’t throw out my own rule book so to say, every once in a while. I have read many of Ackerman’s thesaurus’ and when the time comes, they do help. Great for when you need to show more, as opposed to telling. I definitely recommend them for anyone writing a story.
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Thanks for that information, CL 😃
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I have attempted Nano for the last two years since I heard of it. Haven’t won either, nor did I get close. Maybe this year will be better? Good luck to you if you are also trying.
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Good Luck to you too CL 😃
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