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  • 18th November
    2011
  • 18

Pep Talk from Christopher Paolini

Think about where you’re going… take walks… and don’t give up. Some good #NaNoWrimo thoughts from Christopher Paolini.

lettersandlight:

The YWP has hosted a lot of amazing pep talks this year, but we’re especially proud to have Christopher Paolini give us some mid-month advice. Christopher wrote the first book in the Eragon series when he was 15, and his most recent installment was an instant blockbuster (489,000 copies!) upon its release last week. Which one of our young writers will be the next Paolini-eque success?

Dear NaNoWriMo Participants,

No doubt you are currently hard at work on your novel for this year’s contest. As someone who once wrote 200,000 words in three and a half months, I know exactly what you’re going through.

So. Here’s my advice based on over 10 years of working to deadlines.

First, writing your book is going to be difficult. Know this. Accept this. Embrace this. It may be fun as well, but make no mistake, what you’re attempting is a major undertaking.

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    my writing. Still...say my fave pep talk was Lemony Snicket. I still have
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    “Fifth, don’t worry about punctuation, spelling, or formatting. Those are easy to fix. Instead, worry about pacing,...
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    WELL MR. PAOLINI, I’M SEVERELY BEHIND ON MY WORD COUNT NOW BECAUSE OF YOUR BOOK. SO THERE.
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    I really enjoy reading these...very… helpful? Encouraging? Both…. I’m
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