Interviews

We met up with our dear friend Grant Faulkner, executive director of National Novel Writing Month, at BookCon. Grant talks about fostering the right creative mindset, building a writing community, and his writing advice.Filmed at BookCon 2019.

WHAT WE COVER

0:15 What is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)?2:14 NaNoWriMo success stories & NaNoWriMo Pitchapalooza winners3:43 Opening up the publishing gates: NaNoWriMo crashes through the gatekeepers and encourages everyone to embrace their identity as a writer.5:58 Writing advice: writing is about persistence and practice, not natural talent.6:42 What is the editing process after NaNoWriMo?10:30 Why should writers connect with other writers?12:49 Should writers be envious of other writers?13:10 Grant shares his advice for writers.

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NATIONAL NOVEL WRITING MONTH

National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) is a fun, seat-of-your-pants approach to creative writing.On November 1, participants begin working towards the goal of writing a 50,000-word novel by 11:59 PM on November 30.Valuing enthusiasm, determination, and a deadline, NaNoWriMo is for anyone who has ever thought about writing a novel. Find out more at http://nanowrimo.org

GRANT FAULKNER

As a boy, Grant spent his allowance on all sorts of pens and paper, so there was never much question that he would become a writer. He received his B.A. from Grinnell College in English and his M.A. in Creative Writing from San Francisco State University. Hes also the co-founder of the journal 100 Word Story.He has published short stories in dozens of lit mags and placed essays on creativity in The New York Times, Poets & Writers, Writers Digest, and The Writer. He recently published a collection of one hundred 100-word stories, Fissures, two of which are included in The Best Small Fictions 2016. His book of essays on creativity, Pep Talks for Writers: 52 Insights and Prompts to Boost Your Creative Mojo, is out from Chronicle Books.

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