Nanowrimo advice from Tamora Pierce

When fantasy author Tamora Pierce spoke at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library in October 2007, she answered a question about advice for National Novel Writing Month participants.

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[Kinkatia]

Woot! Being called crazy by one of my favorite writers! Sa-weet!

[YaN8XiaojiE]

I love how she thinks we're crazy!!!

[TaekwondoSan]

@myfacevids I think that's true for certain people, maybe most people. But I often start NaNo with no clear plot, and I rarely even attempt outlining, but as I write it just flows and eventually the plot shows up and I'm usually pretty happy with the result, not to say there aren't inconsistencies and plot holes, but I don't believe things always have to be clear to turn out well.

[masterraise]

-squeak- she's one of my favorite writers ^^

[myfacevids]

unless you have a clear idea/outline then all your going to end up with is total dribble

[LilPichu1101]

OMG ME TOO

[pekopan7]

i was there!!!

[lindsaylou04]

Awesome advice! Love her!

[KodyBoye]

Miss. Tamora Pierce is a very smart woman; listen to her, people!

[chaoticpix93]

I love being called crazy... that tells me I'm getting somewhere... HEE!