How to Make It to 50,000 Words

Every year, we’re lucky to have great sponsors for our nonprofit events. Scrivener, a 2021 NaNo sponsor, is an award-winning writing app that has been enthusiastically adopted by best-selling novelists and novices alike. Today, they’ve partnered with author Elizabeth Haynes to share some tips to help you reach your writing goal:

We’re now a little past the halfway point of NaNoWriMo, and it’s a good idea to check in to see how your project is going. The mid-point of this 30-day period can be a bit difficult; after 15+ straight days of writing you may be hitting a wall. You may be behind in your word count, or you may be running short of inspiration. 

We asked Elizabeth Haynes, who has written a half dozen novels all started during NaNoWriMo, for five tips on making it to the end of the month. 

1. What do you recommend for authors whose enthusiasm flags halfway through NaNoWriMo?

There is a wall that hits most people, usually around the beginning of week three. This is where fellow writers can help: push through any blockages with write-ins, virtual this year, or find round-the-clock writing sprints on Twitter to give your word count a boost.

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