Lanetta J. Sprott

NaNoWriMo preparation….

To-do’s other than forming character descriptions & plotting:

1. Explain, again, then again, to friends and family why you will have limited borrowed time to visit while meeting the challenge!
2. Print out a November calendar. Annotate things such as:
   1. doctor appointments
   2. other commitments
   3. birthdays (schedule e-mail Happy Birthday’s by 10/31), and
   4. a *menu for each day
3. Plan *menus
4. Grocery shop
5. Cook & freeze dinners
6. Finish reading any and all non-fiction/fiction books you can muster!
7. Select/ready “mood” music
8. Select/ready candle fragrances
9. Select/ready scented hand soap (we all are washing hands often, correct?)
10. Select/ready special coffee/tea cup, maybe designated specifically for NaNo!
11. Find the perfect glass for drinking that water!
12. Locate isotonic fingerless theraputic gloves… don’t want hands to cramp at the wrong time!
13. Find a timer to use: one hour max typing, then 15 minute break, then back to creating the story!
14. Repeat over and over: I will do NO editing. I will do NO editing. I will do NO editing.

What do you do to prep for NaNoWriMo?