Reaching 50,000: How to Shake Off Writer’s Fatigue

Like the main event itself, NaNo Prep is always better with an incredible writing community around you. Luckily, our forums come with such a ready-made community. Sujin Headrick, 13-time NaNoWriMo winner, shares her strategies for fighting past writer’s block with the Reaching 50,000 forum:

Whether this is your first NaNoWriMo or your fifteenth, one fact remains true: those who win NaNoWriMo are those who sit down and write. For the first few days, showing up to write every day is easy. The shiny factor hasn’t worn off yet, and the excitement over your story is almost palpable.

Then there are the other days, where the drive to write isn’t there. Adding words to your story feels like getting out of a warm, blanket-filled bed into a cold world: you don’t always want to do it, but it’s step one toward the journey ahead. Maybe you’ve written your characters into a corner with no ideas on getting them out. Or maybe you’re bored of your story but still have thousands of words to write before reaching the magical 50K, and the NaNo forums are singing their sweet song of procrastination…

Let’s answer that call and visit the Reaching 50,000 forum, where inspiration and motivation await you.

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