{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fc864085c-810f-40c2-b7ce-570f1be2b962","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Episode 72: NaNoWriMo Preview","description":"November is National Novel Writing Month, affectionately known as NaNoWriMo. In this month-long challenge, participants commit to writing a 50,000-word novel in a month. Shannon and Janine have participated in the past and in Episode 62 we decided to take it on agin this year. (Janine has done this every five years since 2004, so this is her fourth NaNoWriMo novel.) In this episode, we talk about our past NaNoWriMo challenges, how its lessons can apply to all sorts of things (like getting past perfectionistic tendencies) and encourage listeners to join us in writing a novel this November!\n\nDiscussion topics include:\n\n\u2022 How Shannon is easing herself back into running after her ankle injury\n\u2022 National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo): please join us!\n\u2022 How participating in NaNoWriMo can help you let go of perfectionism\n\u2022 Our NaNoWriMo origin story\n\u2022 Our absolute lack of ideas around what we\u2019ll be writing about next month\n\u2022 Lessons from NaNoWriMo prep that can be applied to other projects\n\u2022 Famous novels that started out as a NaNoWriMo project (like Fangirl and Water for Elephants)\n\u2022 Janine\u2019s husband Barry\u2019s confusion about why she would want to do NaNoWriMo\n\u2022 Shannon\u2019s husband Mike\u2019s confusion about the same thing. (They\u2019re confused in different ways.)\n\u2022 Alternative 30-day challenges\n\u2022 Opportunities to share the fun with Shannon and Janine\n\nCheck out the show notes at www.gettingtogoodenough.com for lots of links, including links to alternative November challenges.","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd2e0d56-1e2f-481a-8571-c4663350c6a6/648i5bBT0OJL-jqDq5kKTfH1.png"}