Thinking about NaNo

[dragonjournal]

As most people are going to be aware, November is National Novel Writing Month. I'm going to be using this journal as a word count journal (again). I don't put up snippets here, because I have my personal IJ for that. Plus, putting up snippets there means that I can control who sees them.

I have one word count that I prefer and that's here. It gives the neat ones I used for the last few word counts on KoO.

Also, just a curiosity-based question, for those reading this:

Beyond music and your word processor what is your one MUST HAVE tool for NaNo. Online or off. (I'm not talking dictionary/thesaurus/food/drink.) What programs must you have to help out? What stuff do you always have when you write?

Now, I always light incense, but I'm talking more... basics of writing. Notecards, maps, new programs... what?

I'm trying to organize my stuff for NaNo in November. I've drawn one map already, and will be putting that up in my room (Once I reorganize it) and will be drawing several more (smaller ones with more detail) and putting them up on my wall.

I'm really looking at software today (see, this is what happens when I get finished with a draft) and am hoping to get some opinions.

Anyone got any opinions?

Just for the record: I use MS Word for all my needs these days. I have used OpenOffice in the past. I've heard of the Snowflake Method, and ywriter, though I've never used either one of them.

Tell me what you think!

Comments

[finch]

Music and my word processor and my note-taking program. Last year that was Evernote but I seem to have shifted over to Simplenote for the most part so that's probably what I'll use this year - it's where my outlines, notes, moved-pieces-of-text and other things go so that I can Focus On Writing in my main file.