No Plot No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days
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TitleNo Plot? No Problem!: A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days
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5 Star Rating  "Motivation and Laughs..."2009-09-12
- Reviewed By User: A2RV1WM3U9ITFT
As I multi-published author, I wasn't certain how this book recommended by a writer friend would help. But, help it did!

Motivating and humorous, it challenged me to stop thinking so much about how hard it would be to write that next book and simply do it!

I'm in the middle of my own NaNoWriMo this month and also plan to participate in November.

Thank you, Chris, for such a great book and concept.

We'd love to see you at the Pikes Peak Writers Conference here in Colorado!

Jodi Anderson
aka Jodi Dawson
 
5 Star Rating  "The realities of novel writing"2009-08-23
- Reviewed By User: A3HYA8BK6F7B2S
For those of you not familiar with NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month is a worldwide event that challenges aspiring authors to write a 50,000 word novel in the month of November. Chris Baty has been running it since it first started and needless to say, he knows what he's doing when it comes to writing. He'll help you decide what to write about and how to keep it going for four weeks with a witty combination of empathy, sympathy, and never-ending encouragement. Baty knows that writing a novel isn't always an uncontrollable surge of creativity: it's about sitting down at your desk every day and forcing the words out by any means necessary. But it's OK, because Baty (and if you're doing NaNo, thousands of others) are there with you, cheering you on. If you have ever dreamed of writing a novel but think you don't have the time or the energy or the skill (believe me, Baty knows all your excuses), believe in this book and you'll find yourself a month later with a 50,000 word novel.
 
5 Star Rating  "great book"2009-07-17
- Reviewed By User: A21Y2BIX1539NE
this book is amazing! it is exactly the kind of motivation you need to get started.
 
4 Star Rating  "Writing in a Twitter world"2009-06-23
- Reviewed By User: A1B3P3ZKZ9UGPJ
Chris Baty's the founder of NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month Competition. Every November, more than 100K writers around the globe try to write a 50,000 word novel in just one month. There are daily pep talks, "write-ins" with fellow NaNoWriMos, an online regional database to locate other participants, and a certificate upon completion.

Sound a little crazy? Maybe it is. But there are far crazier things in life than writing a novel in a month -- say, writing a novel in 10 years.

I tried it last year; but life, fate, and my crazy roommates conspired against me. I don't think it's a farfetched idea at all, it's certainly quite doable. But there are quite a few things that need to be in place to create a favorable environment for Nano-ing and writing in general. What's great about his book is that it is written for people who have a lot on their plates -- like school, work, and family -- and live in an internet culture that creates these overwhelming and nonproductive sucks on your time.

Chris offers tips on how to prioritize your writing and deprioritize time sucks like web surfing, washing dishes, and hanging out till all hours of the night. There's this great little tool, called a Time Finder, for figuring out what things you can do without. For a whole week, you keep a daily log of your activities, noting how long it takes you to do them. Then you go through with a colored pen at the end of that week and categorize each activity as REQUIRED, HIGHLY DESIRED, or FORGOABLE. Once you do that, you cut out all the forgoable activities (and highly desired if push comes to shove) for those four weeks and voila -- you found the time you need to write!

I always feel like I don't have enough time in the day, so this Time Finder seems really amazing. I certainly do waste a certain amount of time every day which, taken together, I could be using to enormous good. At the same time, one thing that Chris finds is that your down time becomes enormously productive as a result of getting your writing done. Spending time with friends, the sunrise, even a slow walk in the park seem more enjoyable.

And I can vouch that writing at least a couple of hours every morning has been very good to me. I find that I'm far less irritable with other people because I'm getting my own work done and I can really be present with them.

All those folks who subscribe to writing in a quiet room of one's own aren't living in the real world. Chris Baty is. A definite must read.
 
5 Star Rating  ""Finally A Book With All The Answers, According To The Writer""2009-04-07
- Reviewed By owlsnstuff
"No Plot? No Problem! A Low-stress, High-velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days", by Chris Baty, Chronicle Books, CA, 2004. ISBN: 978-0-8118-4505-2, SC (HC) 176 pgs., Index 3 pgs. Inveiglements include several cartoons & text highlighting, 7 ½" x 5 ½".

Author Baty, founder of National Novel Writing Month [...] is an accomplished writer who has created for aspiring writers an inspirational book full of confidences, motivational asides and tongue-in-cheek jokes that'll rouse and enthuse even the most forlorn want to-be novelist. It is obvious this level of humor must originate in successful writers after suffering previous neglect by publishers -

All in all, and the title tells it very well: write like hell, no excuses and DO complete a 50K word novel in one month. Explicit instructions are given as to the best modus operandi to accomplish that mission. Be forewarned, many drop out for the diverse reasons as the author cites.

Unquestionably, this is a worthy read for those wanting to write but have some problems starting and staying the course. One of Baty's many secrets to being a successful novelist is in establishing a completion dead line. I think he's done an admirable job. At last check, NaNoWriMo.com needed an update.

finis
 
5 Star Rating  "Love this book!"2009-02-25
- Reviewed By User: A3NVYX60I6N71X
I love this book! Easy to read, written in a very funny and laid back style, very witty! My friends and I are attempting the Write a Novel in 30 Days approach next month, hopefully it will help us finish something, good or not, just finish it. Even if it doesn't work for me, it was a great read! I highly recommend this book for writers or wanna bees
 
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