While many feel writing a memoir during the 30 days of National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo) might be too large a task to take on, some forethought about how to approach your life story can provide the key to making the job manageable—and doable. For instance, determining the structure you might apply to a vignette, an essay or a full-length…
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Many people say it’s impossible to write a memoir in a month. Yet, last year, Denis Ledoux, founder or November is Lifewriting Month, provided those writing memoir as their Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN) Challenge with a schedule to accomplish this feat in 30-days. And some participants did, indeed, write the first draft of a memoir by the end of…
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You’ve made it to day #4 of the Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN) Challenge. Even though you have only just passed “halfway” of the first week, you may now realize that reaching your goal—a completed work of nonfiction writing—might prove harder than you thought. Staying in the writing or creative flow isn’t so easy. Possibly, you started out writing a…
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If you are writing a nonfiction book during National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo), I hope you’ve gone to the trouble of doing some planning before hand. Creating a business plan for a book is an essential step in creating a marketable book as well as one that serves your long-term goals as a writer. Roger. C. Parker is the master…
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To keep the momentum going, Day #2 of the WNFIN Challenge focuses on getting to “done,” as Rachel Z. Cornell, the first-ever “professional nag,” likes to say. In this guest post she offers some practical tips about how to actually complete the WNFIN Challenge. After all, that’s the whole point—for you to start and to finish your nonfiction book, essay,…
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