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NaNo Prep

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If you're looking for the forum formerly known as NaNo Prep, see Prepping & Outlining.

NaNo Prep is a NaNoWriMo program that takes place four to six weeks before NaNoWriMo begins. In a less formal sense, NaNo Prep can also refer to any activity a Wrimo undertakes in preparation for writing a novel. These activities can relate to the writing itself or the non-writing aspects of a Wrimo's life.

Examples of NaNo Prep

NaNo Prep can mean different things to different Wrimos. Some activities a Wrimo may do as NaNo Prep include:

  • Develop a story idea
  • Collect lists of names and places
  • Outlining
  • Character sketches
  • Worldbuilding
  • Creating a beat sheet
  • Making time for NaNoWriMo
  • Preparing food in advance
  • Figure out where to squeeze writing into a busy schedule

This is not a comprehensive list. Some Wrimos, especially planners, may do a lot of these things as part of NaNo Prep, while others may do just a few.

NaNo Prep in the NaNoWriMo Community

While NaNo Prep has been a topic of discussion in the NaNoWriMo forums for a long time, NaNoWriMo HQ officially embraced NaNo Prep in 2012 with a few NaNo Prep-related blog posts[1]. The first official NaNo Prep day happened on October 17, 2012[2]. The day featured NaNoWriMo tips shared via the #NaNoPrep hashtag on Twitter along with discussion on the NaNoWriMo forums.

September 2013 welcomed the formal start of NaNo Prep season with a donation-supported webinar featuring Chris Baty, Tavia Stewart-Streit, Lindsey Grant, and published Wrimo Rachael Herron.

NaNoWriMo 2014 introduced a dedicated NaNo Prep page[3] and the NaNo Prep forum, featuring more resources to help Wrimos in their journey to November. Since then NaNoWriMo has hosted tweetchats, webinars, and virtual write-ins as part of NaNo Prep.

Notes

  1. https://blog.nanowrimo.org/tagged/nano-prep
  2. Email from OLL HQ, October 9, 2012. Subject: "[OLL HQ] A special letter from Lindsey, and 2012 NaNo Prep"
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20141111012104/nanowrimo.org/nano-prep (retrieved 26 June 2020)

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