Two things to do before tomorrow

And NovNov begins.

For those who need to be educated: NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. Hundreds of thousands of writers participate in the challenge of writing 50k words in just November.

For those who need an update: NaNoWriMo was shut down in 2025. They have been replaced by NovNov, which stands for Novel November. The challenge remains the same.

Writers have a ton of things going on—writing, editing, marketing, obsessing over fonts… But NovNov is a special time where writers from all over the earth synchronize their writing processes to draft novels at the same time for sport and for encouragement.

Here are two things to do before the race starts in a few hours:

1. Have at least some part of your novel premeditated and ready to go. (Never underestimate how long it can take to get an inspiring concept for a novel.)

2. Create a Novel November account at prowritingaid.com. Signing up isn’t truly necessary, but the website has a progress bar and you win little badges for your work as you pass benchmarks. Also, they have a Christian writer’s circle if you want to join!

   

I hope you enjoyed this short post!

I’ll be in touch during NaNo!

Until the next one,

Noah Ballard.