No Plot? No Problem! - How to Stay Alert While Writing

NaNoWriMo season is officially here! How can you prepare for a successful November? By planning your novel, storing up inspiration, or finding a writing partner-in-lines. Today, we’ve got some tips from Chris Baty, and the brand-new, updated 2014 edition of his book No Plot? No Problem!, on pulling off a late night of writing:

Between work, school, family, and errands, the only time many of us have to get writing done are the quiet, pre-bed hours. Writers in their teens or twenties will have no trouble handling an occasional regimen of burning the candle at both ends. For us older writers, though, all-nighters are out of the question, and we’ll need all the help we can get to keep from ruining the romantic late-night writing tableau by falling asleep at the keyboard.

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