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“A book is not supposed to be a mirror. It’s supposed to be a door.”

— Fran Lebowitz

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Jenny Slate, Little Weirds

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I joined Blue Sky!

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Wow. Time to bring this blog post back around.

Close Only Counts

Today I wrote a poem because I don’t know how else to react to the news today and for this past year. Close Only Counts I don’t know how to stop violence forever but I wish I could hold compassion like a grenade, pull the pin and release it when the conversation turns to cost of industry instead of the cost of lives. I wish every piece of shrapnel made people stop, listen, and see the world that…

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A nice hot beverage

I love hearing about other people's writing routines so I have to ask: writers of tumblr, what are your absolute writing must-haves? like not just what you're actually using to write (pens, laptop, etc.) but the little things that help you get into the zone. for me it's scented candles.

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We Take the Silence | Poem by Kaye Spivey | Read by Chad

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“All poetry is political. Even the freedom to be indifferent is political. Poetry by white, cis, straight men that doesn’t explicitly talk about politics is political because white, cis, straight men feeling unburdened enough to not talk about politics is political.”

— Olivia Gatwood, interviewed by John Maher for The Millions

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by Langston Hughes

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from Fragments by Kaye Spivey

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Novella November 2024 Announcement Post

Hate AI, but love writing challenges?

Want to take part in a global, fun project to write a Novella in one month?

Grab some friends, and take part in Novella November, by writing 1,000 words a day for the month of November, ending with a 30,000 word Novella to test and stretch your novel-writing skills!

Your goal is not perfection, but merely getting into the habit of writing a litte bit every single day :D

No website, no sign-ups -- Just a community initiative to write using only your own word!

What are the rules? Just Three so far!

#1 - No AI

#2 - No Plagiarizing

#3 - Wordcount for the month should only come from what you write during the month.

What does that mean?

Only words written during November should go towards your Wordcount for the month... but! Feel free to use your 30k words as a continuation of previous writing, or just make it the first 30k words in a longer novel!

Don't think you can write a whole entire 30k word story? Write a series of short stories that total up to 30k!

Not ready to write original works yet? Write a 30k word fanfiction that you can post after the month is over!

Share your writing experience, tips, encouragement, and questions in the #Novella November tag!

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EDIT, from the tags: Want a progress tracker? Track your progress with TrackBear!

https://trackbear.app/

Don't have a word processor? Use LibreOffice , the free and open-source alternative to Microsoft Word!

Want to organize/storyboard your Novel and don't want to pay a subscription? Try 7writer by Simon Haynes!

Want to be able to listen to your story aloud for proofreading using TTS (text to speech)? Try Balabolka!

Or, create some custom progress / Goal Cards in advance you can fill out as you reach word goals! For ideas and templates, search this blog for "goal cards" :D

Want to do a writing challenge in more than just November? Check out my ideas here for year round challenges to keep you writing consistently! Got feedback? Send it in, I'd love to see everyone's ideas!

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EDIT 2: I almost forgot to mention, if you are unable to write/type your story, you can also narrate/dictate your story to your preferred recording device!

If you're doing a Recording only and it doesn't automatically generate a transcript, it would obviously be hard to judge the word count -- but you're also working with a lot of obstacles, so I'd say if you're able to complete your story via voice recording from start to finish, you've definitely achieved the goal!

Edit #3: added the title "Novella November 2024 announcement post" to the top to make it more standard with my Ominous October and Drabble December posts (will be updating Outline October shortly) , added "Official Announcement Post 2024" to the tags so people can easily find the monthly events for 2024, and added a bit of bold to the third bullet point in the original post from September 2nd 2024 for emphasis.

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Kim Addonizio, from Lucifer at the Starlite: Poems; “You with the crack running through you”

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Is Poetry Right For You?