The FitWrite Challenge

post by Michelle Griep

It snowed today. As in white fluffy stuff. As in it's only freaking October! And a not so funny thing happened when I pulled out my winter clothes. They're too tight. Either the Fat Fairy sprinkled evil dust on the Rubbermaid storage containers . . . or I ate way too much ice cream this summer. Either way, I joined the FitGirl challenge to whip this chubby body into shape before Thanksgiving hits.

Which got me to thinking . . . why not issue a FitWrite challenge to prepare for NaNoWriMo? You game?

The 3-Step FitWrite Challenge

1. Get a craft book and cram some knowledge into your head.
Of course I have a few suggestions for you:
    - Save the Cat by Blake Snyder
    - The Plot Whisperer by Martha Alderson
    - Writer Off the Leash: Growing in the Writing Craft by little ol' moi
                                **Still on sale for $4.99**

2. Figure out your plot now. 
Map out your scenes. Just a sentence or two will do it. Put time into the front end of this and you'll be able to write the story faster without getting stuck on plot glitches.

3. Pull out your calendar and schedule your writing time. 
You fail to plan, you plan to fail. That's just the way it is, Hoss. Write down how many words or scenes or chapters or whatever it is you want to accomplish on each day.

There you have it. The gauntlet is officially thrown down. Even if you're not doing the full 50k for Nano, you can still give this a whirl and make some headway on your manuscript.