Podcast E18: How to write a novel in a month
If you’ve ever dreamed of writing a novel, now’s your chance to get it out of your head and into the world!
Starting 1 November, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo for short) challenges you to write a 50,000-word first draft in the space of a single month.
So for this episode of Coffee, Tea or Something Stronger?, Clare Lynch talks to Sophie Green and Charlie Yarwood, local organisers for the London NaNoWriMo region. Tune in to hear Sophie and Charlie discuss:
Who NaNoWriMo is for
What it’s like to participate in NaNoWriMo
What to expect from this year’s NaNoWriMo
The secret to writing 20,000 words in one day
How to write more by banishing your inner editor
Inspiring success stories from NaNoWriMo
How to turn your NaNoWriMo novel into a publishable piece
How to get in involved in this year’s NaNoWriMo
Learn more about NaNoWriMo
Charlie Yarwood and Sophie Green of NaNoWriMo
About Sophie Green
Sophie has been a storyteller most of her life, the first evidence for this being when she retold the tale of Thomas the Tank Engine to her classmates at nursery school, back in 1984. After writing many stories during her school years, as well as doing scriptwriting as part of her Film & TV degree, she then first took part in NaNoWriMo in 2007. She has participated every year since, writing at least 50,000 words in each year, including 200,000 words in 2012. In 2015 she became one of the Municipal Liaisons (i.e. organisers) for the London NaNoWriMo region. She has written a total of over 1.2 million words for NaNoWriMo, and has no intention of stopping yet...
About Charlie Yarwood
Charlie is a 26 year old writer, civil servant and self-professed cloud head (expect random musings and vacant expressions aplenty.) She’s originally from that inspirational and industrious city in the north called Manchester. She started writing for the love of writing when She was about 6 - someone got her a typewriter for a birthday and I was hooked. She joined the NaNoWriMo community when she was 16 and hasn’t looked back as it has seen her through the move to London, studying a degree in Philosophy and various other changes in life. She became an ML to support other writers like herself to flourish in their writing, but also gain confidence in their differences. “Our community is an accepting space where all can be themselves, and it is my passion to keep it that way,” Charlie says.
