{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F12c63c6a-6f2b-477b-b96f-42cea88c6dd3","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 77: NaNoWriMo in progress","description":"Janine and Shannon are participating in National Novel Writing Month this month, in which we're trying to write a 50,000 novel in 30 days. This month, we thought we'd update you about how this fun adventure is going and what a wonderful time we're having embracing imperfection.\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 How great it feels to get our writing goal accomplished first thing in the morning\n\u2022 What a lesson in embracing imperfection NaNoWriMo has been\n\u2022 The \u201cbad-off\u201d Shannon did with a fellow one-month novelist sharing examples of how bad their novel writing has been\n\u2022 That it would be impossible to write a perfect in a novel in a month, so the goal is just about getting the words done\n\u2022 The first rule of NaNoWriMo: You don\u2019t talk about you\u2019re writing about\n\u2022 The liberation of knowing that no one will read the book in its first draft\n\u2022 The challenge of not being about to remember what was wrote the day before, even with daily writing\n\u2022 A key to succeeding at this challenge (or any challenge): prioritizing it\n\u2022 How NaNoWriMo has helped Shannon with her cartooning homework\n\u2022 Strategies for keeping up with NaNoWriMo when traveling\n\u2022 How the lessons from NaNoWriMo can be applied to so many things (virtually anything!)\n\u2022 Shannon's joy in engaging in a challenge that approaches the edge of what she thinks she can do\n\u2022 Janine\u2019s love of tapping into her creativity by writing a novel in a month\n\nVisit the show notes at www.gettingtogoodenough.com for links!","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}